In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome - the culmination of nearly twenty years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush the vibrant native civilization of our island home. THIS IS A HEART-STOPPING STORY OF WAR AND PEACE OF LOVE, PASSION AND BETRAYAL OF DRUIDS AND GODS IN A WORLD WHERE EACH LIFE IS SACRED BUT EACH DEATH EVEN MORE SO. In fact be prepared to experience every emotion." - ***** Reader review
It makes you laugh and cry, love and hate. "Every book in the series has you on the edge of your seat. Highly recommend it!" - ***** Reader review History and fiction woven together in a memorising way and creating a real and vivid picture of life in Britain 2000 years ago. "Amazing writing, spellbinding, transporting. Plenty of development of the main characters from the first book, lots of suspense and page turning action." - ***** Reader review "So well written and atmospheric that you are 'there' along with the characters. "Of the recent historical novels set in Roman times, this is the best one I've read." - MAIL ON SUNDAY
"A cry for freedom cloaked in lyrical and sensitive prose." - OXFORD TIMES "One of the boldest of recent adventures in historical fiction.Scott celebrates the mystic matriarchy of the British tribe with lush lyricism and story-weaving panache." - INDEPENDENT If you like Bernard Cornwell and Conn Iggulden, you will love this second book in THE SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Manda Scott's epic retelling of the story of Britain's great warrior queen.
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