A Year of Ravens
A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion
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Narrated by:
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Andrew Kingston
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Saskia Maarleveld
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A YEAR OF RAVENS
Britannia: land of mist and magic clinging to the western edge of the Roman Empire. A red-haired queen named Boudica led her people in a desperate rebellion against the might of Rome, an epic struggle destined to consume heroes and cowards, young and old, Roman and Briton . . . and these are their stories.
A calculating queen foresees the fires of rebellion in a king's death.
A neglected slave girl seizes her own courage as Boudica calls for war.
An idealistic tribune finds manhood in a brutal baptism of blood and slaughter.
A death-haunted Druid challenges the gods themselves to ensure victory for his people.
A conflicted young warrior finds himself torn between loyalties to tribe and to Rome.
An old champion struggles for everlasting glory in the final battle against the legions.
A pair of fiery princesses fight to salvage the pieces of their mother’s dream as the ravens circle.
A novel in seven parts, overlapping stories of warriors and peacemakers, queens and slaves, Romans and Britons who cross paths during Boudica’s epic rebellion. But who will survive to see the dawn of a new Britannia, and who will fall to feed the ravens?
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Text copyright 2015 by Ben Kane, Stephanie Dray, Ruth Downie, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear Shecter, S.J.A. Turney, Kate Quinn, and E. Knight.
What we know of her is either legend or written by the Romans. l don't know if Boudicca was put to the lash. l don't even know that her daughters were raped. l have no trouble whatsoever believing that this is what happened. After that, death and destruction was an absolute.
But, victors rarely adhere to nothing but the truth, tough history seems agreed that Boudicca tried to have an alliance with Rome, and only went into revolt when the Romans broke their promise. The vengeance for the hideous assaults on herself and her daughters we will never be sure of, but like l said. l find it difficult not to belief it.
But this is a story beautifully told in this book, where you do get an idea of how little the Romans knew the Britons. l don't think the Romans annihilated all of the druids. suetonius had to get South hell for leather, but there's little doubt that they went to Mon purposely to destroy an entire religion. There isn't much else there and they weren't buying postcards.
l loved all of the characters, whilst loathing some at the same time. the narrators were excellent.
I might have liked an English voice, but for a cousin, Saskia does well.
Not much else to say except to recommend Day of Fire and Day of War as excellent books.
And if you're reading this bro, you're still wrong
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