Book Description
Product Description
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 a vibrant, complex civilization and replace it with the laws, taxes and slavery of the Roman Empire.
Dreaming the Bull continues the story of Breaca, acclaimed as bringer of victory to her people, and her half-brother, Bán, now an officer in the Roman cavalry. Each stands on either side in a brutal war of attrition between the occupying army and the defeated tribes, each determined to see the other dead. Caught in the middle are Cunomar and Graine, son and daughter to two of the greatest warriors their world has ever seen. While in the heart of Rome, the Emperor Claudius and his implacable wife hold lives in their hands.
This is a heart-stopping story of war and of peace; of love, passion and betrayal; of druids and warring gods, where each life is sacred and each death even more so; and where Breaca and Ban learn the terrible distances they must travel to fulfil their own destinies.
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BOUDICA
DREAMING THE EAGLE
The first volume in the bestselling BOUDICA series
'A powerful novel, alive with the love, deceit, wisdom and the heroics of humanity.' Jean Auel
'What's amazing to me about this tale of Boudica is the pitch-perfect fluency with which Manda Scott brings it forth. It's as if she were an eyewitness recounting real events that she really saw and really participated in. All of it is utterly convincing and compelling ...A stunning feat of the imagination and an absolute must-read for lovers of historical fiction.' Steven Pressfield
'BOUDICA is a staggeringly imaginative invocation of Britain's secret history . . . Breathtakingly good, it reveals the best and worst in all of us.' Val McDermid
'An extraordinary work combining history and imagination. It's exciting and intriguing, taking you into a world where unbelievable danger and cruelty sit side by side with magic, spirituality and profound human relationships. At times I was moved to tears, at others, immensely proud to be bred from a tradition that made warriors of women.' Jenni Murray, (Woman's Hour)
'It looks as if we have a new trilogy to rival The Lord of the Rings in its appeal. Actually, I think it will be better. Scott doesn't mess about with the elves. And her druids are really scary.' Jane Jakeman, Scotland on Sunday
About the Author
is a veterinary surgeon, writer and climber. Born and educated in Scotland, she now lives in Suffolk with two lurchers and too many cats. Known primarily as a crime writer, her first novel, Hen's Teeth was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Her subsequent novels are Night Mares, Stronger than Death and No Good Deed, for which she was hailed by the Times as 'one of Britain's most important crime writers'.
Dreaming the Eagle, the first book in the Boudica series, is also available in Bantam paperback
