I am 8 hours in and at least half of them were background noise. How do I hate thee? Let me count the ways. And the reviews for this ‘best selling novel’ ? Off the charts. I love long stories, especially volumes that I can continue, especially if it’s a good story! And this book sounded like a perfect fit for me. It is a world of passion and courage and spectacular, heart-felt heroism pitched against overwhelming odds. This is 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 warriors fight for honour as much as victory. Gloriously imagined, Boudica: Dreaming the Eagle re-creates the beginnings of a story so powerful its impact has survived through the ages, recounting the coming of age of Breaca, who at 12 kills her first warrior. It was the culmination of nearly 20 years of resistance against an occupying force that sought to crush a vibrant, complex civilisation and replace it with the laws, taxes and slavery of the Roman Empire. In AD 60, Boudica, war leader of the Eceni, led her people in a final bloody revolt against the occupying armies of Rome. 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.
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