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Sun Horse, Moon Horse
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Iron Age Britain. Lubrin Dhu’s gift for drawing and carving separates him from the hunters and warriors of his tribe. In a society where skill is measured by service to the community, his imagination seems useless until conflict with a stronger neighbouring people places the tribe’s future in danger.
Lubrin’s response is to create the great white horse cut into the chalk hillside, transforming artistic vision into a public sign of identity, sacrifice and hope. Sutcliff uses the prehistoric monument at Uffington as the starting point for a story about how an image can become communal power. The novel treats art not as escape from history, but as an act capable of changing how a people understand themselves.
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