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I am looking for some good historical novels centered around Boudica. I hope somebody has some tips for me, because after reading the Manda Scott novels I have become enthralled by her
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Boudica
Ravens of Avalon have her in it too. Though I will confess I did not enjoy the book.
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Enelya, I only know of Manda's and The Eagle and the Raven (which I've only just started). But Margaret's site http://www.historicalnovels.info/ lists some others on the Ancient History page, under Roman Britain. I didn't know Anya Seton wrote a book set at that time:
"Anya Seton, The Mistletoe and the Sword (1955), historical romance/adventure about a young standard-bearer for Rome's Ninth Legion and a foster daughter of Boudica."
Funnily enough, I was thinking about doing a Boudicca book(s) just as Manda Scott did hers, and knowing hers was a big series, I shelved the idea. Maybe we need more!!
"Anya Seton, The Mistletoe and the Sword (1955), historical romance/adventure about a young standard-bearer for Rome's Ninth Legion and a foster daughter of Boudica."
Funnily enough, I was thinking about doing a Boudicca book(s) just as Manda Scott did hers, and knowing hers was a big series, I shelved the idea. Maybe we need more!!
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How nice. I used to have the naive idea - and I'm sure many writers on this forum would agree it's naive- that if someone else "did" a topic it was off limits. But so many of us are hovering around a limited pool of historical figures and stories that there is always overlap. Especially with the Celts, there are not many known figures or known stories (which is kind of why I made my first trilogy up, story-wise) That's probably a whole other thread, though. Margaret's page mentioned a lot of novels I did not know, so you could at last be back in Roman Britain, if not with Boudicca herself.
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New book "THE RAVEN QUEEN" out Feb 22 2011: The story of Maeve, the famous warrior queen of Irish mythology.
Out now, "THE SWAN MAIDEN", the ancient tale of Deirdre, the Irish 'Helen of Troy'
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New book "THE RAVEN QUEEN" out Feb 22 2011: The story of Maeve, the famous warrior queen of Irish mythology.
Out now, "THE SWAN MAIDEN", the ancient tale of Deirdre, the Irish 'Helen of Troy'
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Not read any of these but I also found the following (some for younger readers):
Song for a Dark Queen by Rosemary Sutcliff
Warrior Queen: The Story of Boudica, Celtic Queen by Alan Gold
Imperial Governor: The Great Novel of Boudicca's Revolt by George Shipway
Queen's Brooch by Henry Treece
Boudica: A Queen of the Iceni by Joseph Roesch
To Spare The Conquered by Stephanie Plowman
Song for a Dark Queen by Rosemary Sutcliff
Warrior Queen: The Story of Boudica, Celtic Queen by Alan Gold
Imperial Governor: The Great Novel of Boudicca's Revolt by George Shipway
Queen's Brooch by Henry Treece
Boudica: A Queen of the Iceni by Joseph Roesch
To Spare The Conquered by Stephanie Plowman
[quote=""Alaric""]Boudicca features in Simon Scarrow's Cato series.[/quote]
Not in every book. Boudica is a major character in When the Eagle Hunts (Book 3 in the series). This is set just after the Claudian invasion and well before Boudica's rebellion, so she is a feisty young woman and not yet married.
Sweetpotatoboy mentioned Boudica: Queen of the Iceni by Jospeh Roesch, which I read a few years ago. If I can find my review I'll post it in the reviews section.
Not in every book. Boudica is a major character in When the Eagle Hunts (Book 3 in the series). This is set just after the Claudian invasion and well before Boudica's rebellion, so she is a feisty young woman and not yet married.
Sweetpotatoboy mentioned Boudica: Queen of the Iceni by Jospeh Roesch, which I read a few years ago. If I can find my review I'll post it in the reviews section.
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