7/6/2023 0 Comments Boudica dreaming the eagle![]() ![]() Two days ago, when I still had two hundred pages left to read, I ordered the next two books, eager to find out how the story would unfold. For the past week I’ve been drawn deep into a world of mist and forests, warriors, dreamers and fragile tribal alliances. And it’s stunning.Įpic in both size and scope, it recreates not only the physical world of the remote British past, but also its customs and its ritual world. When I recently found the first book in a second-hand sale, I decided to see what I made of it. I think I shamefully leapt to the conclusion, without any evidence whatsoever, that Boudica was just another identikit sword-and-shield historical series. Although Manda Scott’s Boudica novels were mentioned several times, I didn’t follow them up. Three years ago, just after finishing the last novel in Dorothy Dunnett’s Niccolòseries, I asked for recommendations of similar books to fill the gap. ![]()
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