The Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff

He wears cosmetics, effeminate jewellery, and a Right-Hand Cat, and Even the Guys Want Him.

Agent Peacock: Phaedrus is not prepared to find, upon meeting Conory the leader of the young Dalriad warriors, that Dude Looks Like a Lady.After Action Patch Up: Conory confronts 'Midir' about his identity when Phaedrus offers to rebind his wound and mentions doing it as boys after a whipping.Action Girl: Murna and the other Dalriad women, nicknamed the Wild Cats, form the reserves of the Dalriad war host.Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: The ending, memorably.The Mark of the Horse Lord contains examples of: The novel's themes of sacred kingship and Heroic Sacrifice are heavily influenced by Sir James Frazer's The Golden Bough.

He must masquerade as the lost heir Midir, win the trust of The Lancer Conory, marry the princess Murna, lead the Dalriadain in war against the Caledones, fend off The Roman Empire, and learn the true meaning of kingship. It was the winner of the inaugural Phoenix Award in 1985.Ī British gladiator named Phaedrus is recruited to impersonate the rightful king of the Dalriadain tribe in a revolt against the usurper queen Liadhan and her powerful Caledonian allies. Algeria, Angola, Argentina, Australia, Bahrain, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil, Brunei Darussalam, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cambodia, Cameroon, Canada, Cape Verde Islands, Central African Republic, Chad, Chile, Colombia, Comoros, Côte d'Ivoire (Ivory Coast), Democratic Republic of the Congo, Djibouti, Ecuador, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas), Gabon Republic, Gambia, Germany, Ghana, Greenland, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Guyana, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Iraq, Israel, Japan, Jordan, Kenya, Kuwait, Laos, Lebanon, Lesotho, Liberia, Macau, Madagascar, Malawi, Malaysia, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mayotte, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, New Zealand, Niger, Nigeria, Oman, Paraguay, Peru, Philippines, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Republic of the Congo, Rwanda, Saint Helena, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Singapore, Somalia, South Africa, Suriname, Swaziland, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Togo, Tunisia, Turkey, Uganda, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Vietnam, Virgin Islands (U.S.The Mark of the Horse Lord is a 1965 Young Adult Historical Fiction novel by Rosemary Sutcliff.

The Mark of the Horse Lord by Rosemary Sutcliff