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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781556527081
ISBN: 155652708X
Label: Chicago Review Press
Manufacturer: Chicago Review Press
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 704
Publication Date: October 28, 2007
Publisher: Chicago Review Press
Sales Rank: 41299
Studio: Chicago Review Press
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Editorial Review:
Product Description:
Spanning three generations, this historical novel tells the tale of Boudicca, the most famous warrior of ancient Britain, and Caradoc, the son of a Celtic king, who sets out to unite the people of the Raven and lead them against Rome. Caradoc's objective is not easily accomplished as the Roman army advances into Britain, raping Celtic women and burning villages to the ground. His efforts are also met with fierce opposition from Aricia, the vain queen of a northern tribe who swears allegiance to the Romans after Caradoc slights her, and from Gladys, Caradoc’s warrior sister who falls in love with her Roman captor. Unfortunately, Caradoc’s endeavors are left unresolved when he is taken prisoner, but Boudicca, a strong-willed woman, ultimately takes up the cause that was Caradoc’s legacy.
Average Rating: 
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I feel really badly about not likely this book as much as all of the other reviewers clearly did. I had read Manda Scott's take on Boudica a while back,. and I remember her books with great detail and fondness. I figured I would be in for another pleasant read with this novel about Boudica, but I found myself disappointed. The writing is just okay, the descriptions seem mediocre, and the only high point for me was the history. But history alone can't carry a book, and I found my attention constantly ... Read More
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If you've never encountered Boudicca in history, then you may want to do yourself a favor a pick this book up. Like Manda Scott (and soon Margaret George), Pauline Gedge has chosen one of the most famous female leaders of all time and given her a novel. I really enjoyed learning about Iceni culture, about how Boudicca tried to triumph against the invading Romans, and what life was like several thousand years ago in Britain. I really enjoyed this book, as well as Manda Scott's. I'm looking forward to ... Read More
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The first 200 pages felt tedious. The character development felt lacking... I couldn't relate to any character, nor did I feel connected to any of them. I'm glad I didn't give up though. The story built slowly and by the middle I couldn't put it down. Gedge does a tremendous job of giving the reader a real sense of the time period and the perspectives of both sides of the "argument".
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The front and back covers of this book are very misleading- it implies that the book is all about Boudicca, but she only really comes into the book in the last hundred pages or so, though she makes brief appearances throughout the story. Most of the book is about Caradoc, who was the first uniter of the native British tribes against the Romans.
I first became interested in the British resistance to the Roman invasion upon reading the Manda Scott series about Boudicca which begins with Dreaming ... Read More
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Pauline Gedge's The Eagle and the Raven is the predecessor to Donna Gillespie's The Light Bearer and Manda Scott's Dreaming of the Eagle. It is also, in many respects, a better book. Of these three books, The Eagle and the Raven best made me understand the reasons for the British defiance of Rome. It is easy to use a word like "freedom" to explain it, but this is the first book that personalizes freedom and shows how the Roman incursion affected the tribesmen's hearts and souls. While The Light Bearer and Dreaming ... Read More
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