- Hardcover: 256 pages
- Publisher: Severn House Publishers Ltd (26 Aug 2005)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0727862596
- ISBN-13: 978-0727862594
- Product Dimensions: 21.7 x 15.3 x 2.7 cm
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,047,423 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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A wry and witty new series from one of Britain's best mystery writers. In AD 60, Olussa is recruited as a reluctant spy by the tax collector Procurator Catus Decianus, and is despatched to the Iceni territories on a spurious mission to estimate their wealth for tax purposes. He arrives just in time to hear that the Iceni king has died and his widow, Boadicea, has been elected Queen. But Catus and a force of 'Special Police' arrive to strip the Iceni of all their wealth - for Roman law doesn't recognize the legitimacy of the widow's claims. In the course of this brutal seizure, Boadicea is publicly flogged and her two daughters raped. Olussa is mistakenly thought to have tried to protect them and finds himself in the Iceni camp rather than the Roman one as Boadicea mobilizes her entire tribe and goes on the warpath...
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Boudica and The Lost Roman by Mike Ripley
14 May 2007
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Mike Ripley is one of my favorite British mystery writers. He is also an amateur archeologist. Boudica was the Queen who defeated the Roman armies in a number of battles before being defeated. This is a story told in many versions in the UK - but less familiar in the U.S. It's well written, Ripley is an entertaining writer, and presents a fictional version of events that are as likely to be real as any other. I would definitely recommend it as just a good read, although if you have an interest in British or Roman history you'll especially enjoy it. A bit gory, I must confess, but history is nothing if not gory - so there's not any avoiding it. A great story, well told, with great characters.
A Non-Immersion Read
7 Feb 2011
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The story line was real good. However, this author was intent on translating where certain modern day British towns were in comparison to Roman Britain. He should have provided a map at the beginning of the book with the locations and then I could have really immersed myself in the story. Also, there was a moment towards the end of the book where I just said "Huh?... what was the author thinking when he finished this book?" I felt that this was a wasted effort on the authors part, and mine.
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