Blue Remembered Hills

I put down this autobiography with a real sense of loss and a desire to become better acquainted with its writer: too late, of course. The book ends where Sutcliff's career begins and a sequel would have been most welcome. It's warm, lively story of a woman struck down in infancy by the arthritis which was to cripple but never quell her. Most striking are her achievements and redoubtable personality, her honesty and evocative descriptions of family and friends. Most moving is the account of her love affair with Rupert King: a remarkable relationship This would make a welcome addition to school or class library for older, able readers who are devotees of Rosemary Sutcliff's work.