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Boudica: Dreaming the Hound

By: Manda Scott
Narrated by: Jerome Flynn, Philip Stevens, Liza Goddard
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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.

AD 57: much of Britannia has been under Roman occupation for more than 10 years, and tribes pay costly tithes to the emperor in return for the right to continue living on their own lands.

On the sacred isle of Mona, the Boudica, or ‘Bringer of Victory’ as Breaca has long been hailed, now knows for certain that her lover, Caradoc - betrayed, captured and kept hostage in Rome - will never return to her. She leaves Mona, where she and her warriors have been waging a guerrilla war, and takes the fight to the Eceni heartland where it is needed most. With her are her children, Cunomar and Grainne, and her best friend from childhood, ex-lover and dreamer Airmid.

But the once proud Eceni are a downtrodden and defeated people who are forbidden on pain of death to worship their old gods. Across the sea in Hibernia, Breaca’s half-brother, Bán, is struggling to make peace with his fractured past. Soon, provoked by Roman aggression, he will sail to Britannia where he and Breaca will face down the might of Rome in the bloodiest revolt the Western world has ever known.

©2005 Manda Scott (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing Action & Adventure Ancient Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction War & Military Warrior War

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Critic reviews

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

"A powerful novel, alive with the love, deceit, wisdom and the heroics of humanity." (Jean M. Auel)

"Scott has teased a few facts from the ancient record to create an absorbing story from history and myth." (Publishers Weekly)
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Great story has everything. Clear performance and easy to listen to. Thank you so much can’t wait for the next

Loved it so much

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I've read this book more times than I can remember but listening to it just gives it a whole new dimenson. Everything just seems heightened in the audio version. This will forever be one of my absolute favourite books

Loved It

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I am deep in this series, in awe and learning about our lost culture. This is our indigenous landscape at it's best.
The narrators are captivating and without doubt keep the listening alive.

Thankyou Manda Scott.

This is our indigenous landscape at it's best.

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Brilliant series, 3rd book in so much depth and vibrance to the missing parts of the Boudicca's legacy, Manda scott has done an exceptionally excellent job at bringing her story to life using history and imagination.

Just keeps getting better. 👍

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This has been a truly wonderful reading experience during 2020, a year in which I have needed the comfort and solace of books and the world of imagination more than ever before.

Manda Scott has managed to create a completely plausible and believable world which brings ancient history to life. I absolutely loved the world of the Iceni and the other tribes of ancient Britons, their customs, their beliefs and their society, where women could be rulers, warriors and leaders.

These books will stay with me for a long time and I now want to know more about ancient Britain so will explore other stories and texts.

Throughout the trilogy the quality of the narration has been excellent and each of the narrators has created a memorable character in my mind, characters that seemed very real.

Absolutely brilliant.

Spellbinding. A great end to the trilogy.

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The sign of a good book, is not wanting it to end. I looked forward to my walks , so I could listen uninterupped to this whole series.
These were totally absorbing, and I came to love the characters .
Beautifully read. I will miss them.

I didnt want it to end!

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As with the older tomes, Manda Scott has left me breathless with her interpretation. The story runs in such a way, that it makes me want to believe, that it is all history and no fiction! Such is the emotion portrayed in it, that it filled me with revulsion for the Romans and their atrocities!
Can't wait to read book 4! Albeit with slight apprehensions of the horrors I would have to witness in my head when reading it!
Thank you Manda Scott!

Dazzling view into the world of the ancient Britons!

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Like the preceding books, this is not an easy listen. There are multiple characters and complex plot twists but it’s well worth the effort

Fascinating

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19 hours waiting for something to happen, still waiting. never mind , very disappointed.

much to long. good for sending me to sleep.

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I have been enjoying thos series and this book is good.
My only complaint is that nothing really happened until the last few chapters. This made it quite boring

not as good as the pre ious 2 books

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