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 & replace it with the laws taxes & 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 & 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 & the magic of the gods; a world where horses & dogs & 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 & courage & spectacular heart-felt heroism pitched against overwhelming odds Manda Scott's Boudica will tell the extraordinary resounding story of Britain's first & greatest warrior queen the woman who remains one of the great female icons
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