Dawn Wind by Rosemary Sutcliff. Puffin Books paperback edition (ISBN 0 14 03.1223 4). Set in sixth-century Britain after the Saxon conquest, this is one of Sutcliff's finest — the story of Owain, sole survivor of the last great British battle, and his long years in thrall to a Saxon household. Cover illustration by Geoff Taylor.

Condition: Good reading copy. Cover shows moderate wear with some creasing and fading consistent with age. Pages intact and readable throughout. Name written inside (TC). No missing pages.

A classic of post-Roman British historical fiction by a Carnegie Medal-winning author whose work is increasingly collected.