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Marcus and Esca have found the Eagle of the Ninth in the Dun of the Epidaii. To retake it they must risk everything - and then they must return safely to the Frontier. Marcus has a plan... Rosemary Sutcliff's great historical adventure novel, dramatised by Sean Damer. Recorded on location in Scotland. Marcus ...... Tom Smith Esca ...... Tony Kearney Guern ...... Frederick Jaeger Dergdian ...... Dommnall Ruadh Lianthan ...... Callum MacKinnon Woman ...... Ceit Kearney Headman ...... Finlay Welsh Producer: Hamish Wilson First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 1996.

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