![]() ![]() If we are to win, we must fight under one dream, not many. Scott’s vision is authoritative, rich and never slackens its dramatic grip. ![]() Two days ago, when I still had two hundred pages left to read, I ordered the next two books, eager to find out how the story would unfold. For the past week I’ve been drawn deep into a world of mist and forests, warriors, dreamers and fragile tribal alliances. ![]() And it’s stunning.Įpic in both size and scope, it recreates not only the physical world of the remote British past, but also its customs and its ritual world. When I recently found the first book in a second-hand sale, I decided to see what I made of it. I think I shamefully leapt to the conclusion, without any evidence whatsoever, that Boudica was just another identikit sword-and-shield historical series. Although Manda Scott’s Boudica novels were mentioned several times, I didn’t follow them up. Three years ago, just after finishing the last novel in Dorothy Dunnett’s Niccolòseries, I asked for recommendations of similar books to fill the gap. ![]()
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