This book has been graded for interest at 10-14 years.

This book was published 1995 by Farrar, Straus and Giroux (Byr) .

Rosemary Sutcliff has written many historical novels for children. The Lantern Bearers won the Carnegie Medal. Rosemary Sutcliff received an OBE in 1975 and in 1993, the year after her death, was awarded the CBE.