Boudica: Dreaming The Eagle : (Boudica 1): An utterly convincing and compelling epic that will sweep you away to another place and time

Author: Scott, Manda

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Published on 2 February 2004 by Transworld Publishers Ltd (Bantam Books (Transworld Publishers a division of) as part of ‘the Boudica’ series.

Paperback / softback | 720 pages
107 x 177 x 37 | 362g

In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome. It was the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush a vibrant, complex civilization and replace it with the laws, taxes and slavery of the Roman Empire. Gloriously imagined, Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle recreates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived through the ages, recounting the journey to adulthood of Breaca, who at twelve kills her first warrior, and her sensitive, skilful half-brother Ban, who carries with him a vision of the future that haunts his waking hours. In the company of a supreme storyteller, the reader is plunged into the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Romans came: a twilight world of Dreamers and the magic of the gods; a world where horses and dogs and the landscape itself become characters in their own right; where warriors fight for honour as much as victory. Above all, it is a world of passion and courage and spectacular, heart-felt heroism pitched against overwhelming odds. Manda Scott’s Boudica will tell the extraordinary, resounding story of Britain’s first and greatest warrior queen, the woman who remains one of the great female icons – to read it is to discover our history, to learn about ourselves and our heritage.