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"'I am fighting as an ordinary person for my lost freedom, my brulsed body and outraged daughters.' Tacitus account of the Boudican revolt"
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Collingridge is...intelligent and infectiously enthusiastic...a beguiling travelogue-cum-history
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39 of 43 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
On first viewing it looks just like another ramble through the usual current theories, but when you actually start reading the book it provides much more than that.
For a start the reader doesn't get to read about Boudica and her tribal background/story till you've read 160+ pages. This might seem odd, but the author is very thorough in giving the background information on Rome and the Romans, so that the reader can get to grips with the Roman way of life, their attempts to invade Britain in 54/55BC, why it failed and why they came back in 43AD; their beliefs and way of life are also covered, so that once you get to the Boudica era you understand better why the Romans thought and acted in the way they did.
The same background information is given on the Iceni tribe, along with other tribes such as the Brigantes and their queen Cartimandua. This in turn helps the reader to understand the possible reasons for the way Boudica reacted to events.
After the end of the Boudica events, the author goes on into how Britain was after her demise, and then through history to the current day, and how the image of Boudica had been used, from Queen Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria to Margaret Thatcher. A fascinating "journey" to take to see how myth and history were twisted to each era's ideals. In doing so we are given a look at how Britain became conscious of itself, and linked Britannia with Boudica and the pride of being British.
This is an excellent book, full of information. Using quotes from texts, like Tacitus and even poems from later centuries to prove a point. Every person the author spoke to in regards to researching this book are given space for their actual quotes/words rather than the author just writing an interpretation of their theories.
From extensive archaeology research to archives and research of the myths, this is just a wonderful book...and the most objective and unbiased look of the era I've ever read. 5 Stars!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
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This book is an informative page turner, a really good read. It describes the surrounding circumstances and history, rather than just focusing on Boudica and the uprising and as a result it is very interesting and has a different feel to other accounts,more genuine. Recommend highly.
6 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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A bit of a mixed bag. This 400 pager is not really a biography of Boudica in the traditional sense of the term. Indeed, little in the way of hard fact is known about the actual events of her life - or rather of the last year or so of her life that we know about from Tacitus and Cassius Dio - so only really enough to fill barely a quarter of the book. The first half of the book covers previous Roman and British history at some length on the basis - understandable to a degree, but stretched here to breaking point at nearly 200 pages - that one needs to understand that earlier history in order to understand Boudica. The last quarter looks at Boudican symbolism in literature and in popular and political culture over the centuries and makes some interesting points, though rather labours the Britannia imagery and constant comparisons to famous females including Elizabeth I, Queen Victoria, Margaret Thatcher and even Princess Diana. Probably the most interesting aspect of the book is the coverage of archaeological finds, what has been extrapolated from them and how this relates or not to what Tacitus and Cassius Dio tell us.
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