Sun Horse Moon Horse Author:Rosemary Sutcliff, Shirley Felts Lubrin was a son of a chieftain of the Iceni, a people who herded horses on the high chalk downs of England over 2,000 years ago. As a child Lubrin tried again and again to capture in drawing the pattern of movement in the powerful horses galloping on the downs, and especially one horse, a beautiful white mare. — Then the invader came... more », another horse people seeking the territory of the Iceni. Only a remnant of Lubrin's people survived the battle an imprisonment. But Lubrin believed his art could free his people to find new land, that his art could make that possible.
Here is a sensitive recreation of the world of the makers of England's famous White Horse of Uffington, that can still be seen today.« less