false 1309025 16 <b>Dreaming the Eagle</b> is the first part of the gloriously imagined epic trilogy of the life of Boudica.<br><br>Boudica means Bringer of Victory (from the early Celtic word &#8220;boudeg&#8221;). She is the last defender of the Celtic culture in Britain; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome -- and triumph.<br><br>It is 33 AD and eleven-year-old Breaca (later named Boudica), the red-haired daughter of one of the leaders of the Eceni tribe, is on the cusp between girl and womanhood. She longs to be a Dreamer, a mystical leader who can foretell the future, but having killed the man who has attacked and killed her mother, she has proven herself a warrior. <b>Dreaming the Eagle</b> is also the story of the two men Boudica loves most: Caradoc, outstanding warrior and inspirational leader; and Bàn, her half-brother, who longs to be a warrior, though he is manifestly a Dreamer, possibly the finest in his tribe&#8217;s history. Bàn becomes the Druid whose eventual return to the Celts is Boudica&#8217;s salvation.<br><br><b>Dreaming the Eagle</b> is full of brilliantly realised, luminous scenes as the narrative sweeps effortlessly from the epic -- where battle scenes are huge, bloody, and action-packed -- to the intimate. Manda Scott plunges us into the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Roman invasion: a world of druids and dreamers and the magic of the gods where the natural world is as much a character as any of the people who live within it, a world of warriors who fight for honour as much as victory, a world of passion, courage and spectacular heroism pitched against overwhelming odds.<br><br><b>Dreaming the Eagle</b> stunningly recreates the roots of a story so powerful its impact has lasted through the ages. 2445202 book 27 5 0 Dreaming the Eagle (Boudica Book 1) total:213|5:93|4:63|3:42|2:11|1:4| 213 869 365 33 4 0 false false Sun Feb 08 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Tue Jan 27 09:31:16 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 18:23:29 -0800 2009
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