- Hardcover: 409 pages
- Publisher: Bantam Press; 1st ed 1st printing edition (9 Oct 2004)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0593052625
- ISBN-13: 978-0593052624
- Product Dimensions: 23.4 x 15.6 x 4 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 106,895 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'This mesmerising story creates a living past of battle feats, betrayals, heart-breaking loyalties and cruelties.'
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18 of 18 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Firstly I strongly recommend you read the previous two books in the series before reading this one. If you haven't read the first two books...WHY haven't you??!!!
The epic that Manda Scott began to weave from the 1st and 2nd books just races on with even more pace in this third volume, with even more twists and turns and surprises along the way.
There is a great deal more character development of Valerius, Cygfa and some wonderful insights with Graine and Cunomar too...along with all the other characters.
The story follows on from the 2nd book and without giving too much away, we see how Breaca/Boudica goes from being a Warrior of Mona to being the wife of Prasutagos and ultimately in the firing line of Rome. And along the way we see some familiar characters return, some in surprising ways and it all leads to a mouthwatering ending, leaving me impatient to wait for book 4!!
From the start this story has been beautifully written, with so much detail and historically accurate observations, and even the things the author admits to creating are very believable and totally in symmetry with the whole atmosphere of the book. The characters are rounded and life-like and as a reader you feel great empathy for them and really care what happens to them.
Most people have heard of the Boudica legend and its basic events, and as the book reaches 60AD you could argue that the story would become predictable. You would be wrong with this book...the things that happen towards the end of this volume are well known, but the manner in which those events are allowed to happen are brilliantly written and thought out. There is nothing stale or "old hat" about it at all.
I am biased due to Boudica being my personal and local heroine, but these books are written with great care and passion for the subject. For those of you already familiar to the series I don't have to tell you how good this book is as you're probably reading it already after an impatient wait at the end of book 2. For those new to the series, get reading!!!
Finally, thank you Manda Scott for another fantastic book!
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
In this, the third of the Boudica series, Breaca is at war with Rome - at first guerilla fighting on her own, later coming back anonymously to the Eceni lands and quietly trying to raise an army while the Roman occupation bites down deeper on her unprotected people. Meanwhile her brother (once Ban, now Valerius the ex-decurion, named a traitor by Nero) is trying to come to terms with his soul and his past in Hibernia.
This takes the story on through the ravages of Roman-occupied Britain until a people sick of ill-treatment and oppression suffer one final act of persecution that drives them to war.
Manda Scott's prose is lyrical and forceful - her characters are real and compelling - and she tells the story in a way that has you living the book.
However it ends (and sadly, we can't change history) this volume is another tour de force from an extremely gifted writer. Now I'm waiting breathlessly for the final volume.
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Historical Fiction
Book Three of four in the series - as with all books by Manda Scott, well researched and really believable. They make me wish I had lived back in those times - utterly fantastic!
Published 3 hours ago by Mr. G. Johns
Curate's Egg
This is the third book I have read in Miss Scott's series about Boudica and I have quite enjoyed them all. The first is probably the best and the most readable. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. Thomas Thatcher
Boudica will bewitch you
Life in this world is hard and exhusting but full of courage and honour.
Both beauty and brutality are achingly described, along with some very tender love scenes. Read more
Both beauty and brutality are achingly described, along with some very tender love scenes. Read more
Published 10 months ago by Manchester Mama
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Published 10 months ago by Tessa Jane
Superbly written in outstanding detail that overpowers all your senses...
I thoroughly enjoyed all four novels from the Boudica series. It drew me in and captured me like no other. Read more
Published 11 months ago by Miss S Stevens
Dreaming the Hound review
Dreaming the Hound is the third book and takes up from Boudica's return to the Eceni (Iceni) and ends with the brutal rape of her daughters and her being whipped. Read more
Published 19 months ago by Alastair Rosie
Boudica lives!
My daughter put me on to this brilliant series of books about Boudica. I cannot rate them highly enough. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Caroline Standish
Best so far...
It's volume three of Manda Scott's hugely successful fantasy about one of Britain's most famous warriors, Breaca, known as the Boudica, is back in Britain killing Romans and... Read more
Published 22 months ago by Mark
A Great Saga
As in books 1 & 2 Manda Scott doesn't fail to deliver in her third book. This series is one of my all time favourites. Great book, I loved it.
Published 22 months ago by Ms. C. A. Wardman
dreaming the hound
All the books in the series (4) are well written,hold your interest. A real page turner. Characters to relate to. Excellent read. Wanted more.
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