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Summary: Teenage movie actor Horace "Ace" Hobart and his New York gang, the Purple Falcons, get involved in live theatre and an arson plot when they take summer jobs at a home for retired actors.
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I agreed completely with Talcroft's appreciation of Rosemary Sutcliff as a writer whose brilliance goes far beyond that of simply a novelist of historical fiction. She illuminates the major influences on Sutcliff's work, notably the classic study of ancient religion "The Golden Bough", and the works of Rudyard Kipling, Sutcliff's favorite writer. Her argument that Sutcliff's genius lies not only in her masterful skills as a writer, but in her talent for helping young adults to appreciate history and their own roots in ancient cultures, is a fine completion to this valuable book.
Rosemary Sutcliff herself reported that she enjoyed this book enormously, noting that she gained fresh insights into her novels, from Talcroft's observations and analysis. So did I, and so will any of Sutcliff's many fans. This book was worth every penny.
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