Boudica: Dreaming The Eagle
  • Published: 1 March 2004
  • ISBN: 9780553814064
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 720
  • RRP: $36.99
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Boudica: Dreaming The Eagle

(Boudica 1): An utterly convincing and compelling epic that will sweep you away to another place and time

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Set in Iron-Age Britain, the first novel in a magnificent new series recounting the life of Boudica, Britain's first warrior queen.

In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome. It was 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.
Gloriously imagined, Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle recreates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived through the ages, recounting the journey to adulthood of Breaca, who at twelve kills her first warrior, and her sensitive, skilful half-brother Bán, who carries with him a vision of the future that haunts his waking hours.
In the company of a supreme storyteller, the reader is plunged into the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Romans came: a twilight world of Dreamers and the magic of the gods; a world where horses and dogs and the landscape itself become characters in their own right; where warriors fight for honour as much as victory. Above all, it is a world of passion and courage and spectacular, heart-felt heroism pitched against overwhelming odds.
Manda Scott's Boudica will tell the extraordinary, resounding story of Britain's first and greatest warrior queen, the woman who remains one of the great female icons - to read it is to discover our history, to learn about ourselves and our heritage.
  • Published: 1 March 2004
  • ISBN: 9780553814064
  • Imprint: Bantam
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 720
  • RRP: $36.99
Categories:

About the author

Manda Scott

Over the past two decades Manda Scott has brought iconic historical figures back to life, reimagined and re-booted for the twenty-first century. Her crime novels have been shortlisted for many awards including Hen's Teeth for the Orange Prize and No Good Deed for an Edgar Award. Her work has been translated into over twenty languages.

Manda’s bestselling Boudica series was recently optioned for television.

portrait photo of Manda Scott

Also by Manda Scott

A Treachery of Spies
Rome
Rome: The Eagle Of The Twelfth
Rome: The Art of War
Into The Fire
Hen's Teeth
2012
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Praise for Boudica: Dreaming The Eagle

Manda Scott has created a fictional universe all her own, but close enough to our reality for it both to warm and break our hearts. Breathtakingly good, it reveals the best and worst in all of us

Val McDermid

The best in the current crop of novels about Rome, its empire and its victims ... never sentimental and always tough-minded

Roz Kaveney, Independent

Every so often, a book comes along that totally remoulds a historical figure for our own times ... massively impressive

Jane Jakeman, Scotland on Sunday

A powerful novel, alive with the love, deceit, wisdom and the heroics of humanity

Jean M. Auel

Utterly convincing and compelling ... A stunning feat of the imagination and an absolute must-read

Steven Pressfield

An extraordinary work ... exciting and intriguing, taking you into a world where unbelievable danger and cruelty sit side by side with magic, spirituality and profound human relationships

Jenni Murray