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Britannia, AD 60: The tribes of Britannia are ready to seek bloody vengeance. Twenty thousand warriors are poised to reclaim their land from their captors. Now is their chance: the Roman governor has marched his legions west, leaving his capital and a vital port undefended. There is no going back. But to crush her enemies' legions for all time, Boudica must do more than lead her army in the greatest rebellion Britain has ever known. She must find healing for herself, for the land - and for Graine, her eight-year-old daughter. Colchester is burning. London has been destroyed. Amidst fire and bloody revolution, the Boudica and those around her must fight to keep what matters most - now and for all time.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #16604 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 784 pages

From the Back Cover
‘The tragic warrior queen, Boudica, is brilliantly realised. Her battles against Rome - the superpower of its day - are both heart-rending and magnificent’
David Gemmell

Britannia, AD 60: the tribes of Britannia are ready to seek bloody vengeance.

Twenty thousand warriors ache to reclaim their land from their captors.

Now is their chance: the Roman governor has marched his legions west, leaving his capital and a vital port undefended.

There is no going back.

But to crush her enemies’ legions for all time, Boudica must do more than lead her army in the greatest rebellion Britain has ever known. She must find healing for herself, for the land – and for Graine, her eight-year-old daughter.

Colchester is burning. London has been destroyed. Amidst fire and bloody revolution, the Boudica and those around her must fight to keep what matters most – now and for all time.

THE MAGNIFICENT FINAL STORY OF THE WORLD’S MOST FAMOUS WARRIOR QUEEN

About the Author
Manda Scott began writing while still a veterinary surgeon. Her first novel, a contemporary crime thriller, Hen's Teeth was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Subsequent thrillers 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'. Having served her writing apprenticeship, she went back in time to write the Boudica series, of which the first three books, Dreaming the Eagle, Dreaming the Bull and Dreaming the Hound , are also available in Bantam paperback. Along the way, she has moved from the lands of the Eceni (Norfolk) to the lands of the Silures (Shropshire) , where she lives with her partner, her lurcher and not nearly enough cats. She teaches shamanic dreaming courses based on the ethos described in the books, insofar as it may reasonably be applied to contemporary living. For more details of the courses, the books and other events, please visit www.mandascott.co.uk

Customer Reviews

Incredible, deep, powerful brilliant!
I have been unable to put this series down from the start but the fourth book, Dreaming the Serpent Spear makes you feel proud to be British but deeply saddened of the way we now are.

This book over and above the other four thrusts you into a space where you can hear the dreaming, see the dreaming and smell, hear and taste the blood and love. This is a book written in such a way that makes you want to stand up and fight for what is right, fight for the peace and tranquility that is snatched away from us all too often.

You can read this book without the other three but I recommend you don't. I strongly recommend that you read them all back to back and in as short a time as possible. Manda explains at the back of the book the Historical basis for the story and for me it screams a writing skill that few can match. I have always loved the image of Boucidea, Boudica and the tribe of the Eceni but these four books and this one in particular is spellbinding in such a way that you will read it agian and again. I will of that I am sure if not for the honour and the hope of something after death then simply for the superb, sheer brilliance of the book(s).

An Absolute Triumph

This is the fourth book of what was to have been a trilogy, the author obviously had second thoughts and thank goodness she did. I believe that this one is the best of the lot, or maybe it is because it is still the freshest in my mind, no matter, they are all a triumph of historical fiction.

I do not think there is a boring page, never mind a boring chapter in any of them.

Most people who have any interest in history will have some knowledge of the Queen of the Iceni, what befell her and her daughters and the pain and suffering she rained down on the Roman invader in retribution.. . .

The Warrior Queen has burned Colchester to the ground and the Roman's are leaving London. Rome's forces are stretched to the limit and their chain of command is broken. Never in the history of the legions have the Roman forces been in such disarray.

Can Boudica sustain her advance against the might of Rome. Will she ever she her daughter Graine again. The young girl has taken refuge on the island of Mona will her mother succeed where others have failed. Can she unite the land of Britain against its invaders, or will the might of Rome finally impose its iron will on the tribes of Britain.

Transported.
Many writers can make you visualise the scene they are writing about, but Manda Scott has the skills to actually take you there, to make you believe you are there with her characters in person, witnessing the events in all four of her books. I found it un-put-downable from the first chapter of the first book, to the final words of this the fourth.
I recommend anyone to read them all, in order. Follow the Boudica through her life with the warriors, singers and dreamers of the ancient Britons, through the Roman invasion, to her truimph in her uprising, and her brother in his abduction into slavery and long, cruel journey through the Roman Legions, to leadership as a Decurion and eventual return to his kinsmen to fight against the very men he had once fought with, alongside his sister. A compelling and utterly believable story, and remarkably well written.