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Boudicca
Brittania was the most recent, and westerly province of the Roman Empire. Mostly pacified, and stable. Secure under Roman rule.
In A.D. 61, King Prasutagus, of the Iceni, had died, leaving two daughters, and his widow, Boudicca, known later by the latin name of Boadicea. She now ruled as Queen of the Iceni. The kingdom, situated in East Anglia, had been a friendly client state, the Romans having agreed to some autonomy. This was about to change. While the Governor, General Suetonius Paulinus was away, fighting the Druids, and their affiliated tribesmen, in North Wales, Decianus Catus, the Procurator, had been left in charge. His extreme treatment of the Iceni, led to subjucation, and the rape of Boudicca's daughters, and, when she protested, the scourging and lashing of Boudicca herself. An atrocity that turned the Iceni into uproar, revolt, and a thirst for bloody revenge.
Boudicca, at the head of one hundred and thirty thousand, well armed, warriors, was now imposing the biggest threat to the Romans, since the slave revolt of Spartacus. With their forces split between England and Wales, the Romans faced, not only annihilation, but, being swept back into the sea.
The Roman cities of Camulodinum, Verulamium, and Londinium, lay before the warrior Queen. Her blood lust, even threatened to turn into longings of a different kind.
The Iceni had been joined by the Trinovantes, with their leader, Denophias, a shrewd, and calculating, man.
The Iceni, were also well served by their nobles, particularly, Cembanus. Also, the Iceni warrior, and, now, ex-sheepherder, Unatrax, so muscle bound, and a formidable wielder of the Iceni long sword, he became known as Unatrax the Strong.
Paulinus, and the Tribune, Julius Agricola, a Gaul, of merit, and the legionaries from the Fourteenth, and Twentieth Legions, tried their best to hurry back with all haste. The nearest legion to the uprising, was the Ninth Hispana, led by the young Legate, Quintus Petillius Cerialis, garrisoned at the fortress of Lindum. But, were his five thousand legionaries of the Ninth, plus auxiliaries, a match for Boudicca's one hundred and thirty thousand, revenge-seeking tribesmen, and their four hundred, scythed, Iceni war chariots?
In A.D. 61, King Prasutagus, of the Iceni, had died, leaving two daughters, and his widow, Boudicca, known later by the latin name of Boadicea. She now ruled as Queen of the Iceni. The kingdom, situated in East Anglia, had been a friendly client state, the Romans having agreed to some autonomy. This was about to change. While the Governor, General Suetonius Paulinus was away, fighting the Druids, and their affiliated tribesmen, in North Wales, Decianus Catus, the Procurator, had been left in charge. His extreme treatment of the Iceni, led to subjucation, and the rape of Boudicca's daughters, and, when she protested, the scourging and lashing of Boudicca herself. An atrocity that turned the Iceni into uproar, revolt, and a thirst for bloody revenge.
Boudicca, at the head of one hundred and thirty thousand, well armed, warriors, was now imposing the biggest threat to the Romans, since the slave revolt of Spartacus. With their forces split between England and Wales, the Romans faced, not only annihilation, but, being swept back into the sea.
The Roman cities of Camulodinum, Verulamium, and Londinium, lay before the warrior Queen. Her blood lust, even threatened to turn into longings of a different kind.
The Iceni had been joined by the Trinovantes, with their leader, Denophias, a shrewd, and calculating, man.
The Iceni, were also well served by their nobles, particularly, Cembanus. Also, the Iceni warrior, and, now, ex-sheepherder, Unatrax, so muscle bound, and a formidable wielder of the Iceni long sword, he became known as Unatrax the Strong.
Paulinus, and the Tribune, Julius Agricola, a Gaul, of merit, and the legionaries from the Fourteenth, and Twentieth Legions, tried their best to hurry back with all haste. The nearest legion to the uprising, was the Ninth Hispana, led by the young Legate, Quintus Petillius Cerialis, garrisoned at the fortress of Lindum. But, were his five thousand legionaries of the Ninth, plus auxiliaries, a match for Boudicca's one hundred and thirty thousand, revenge-seeking tribesmen, and their four hundred, scythed, Iceni war chariots?
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First published May 26, 2013
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June 26, 2013
Oh dear. This book is written in such an odd way (being gentle here) that I gave up half way.
It’s written with the most commas I have ever seen!
Here's a typical sentence:
"Also, the Iceni warrior, and, now, ex-sheepherder, Unatrax, so muscle bound, and a formidable wielder of the Iceni long sword, he became known as Unatrax the Strong."
And that is just the blurb. Some parts of the text are worse.
It could have been a much better read (it’s not a bad take on the famous rebellion) if only the author had taken more time to correct the really bad grammar. It's not something I'm usually obsessed about but it made the thing wooden and unreadable.
It’s written with the most commas I have ever seen!
Here's a typical sentence:
"Also, the Iceni warrior, and, now, ex-sheepherder, Unatrax, so muscle bound, and a formidable wielder of the Iceni long sword, he became known as Unatrax the Strong."
And that is just the blurb. Some parts of the text are worse.
It could have been a much better read (it’s not a bad take on the famous rebellion) if only the author had taken more time to correct the really bad grammar. It's not something I'm usually obsessed about but it made the thing wooden and unreadable.
November 28, 2023
This is very well researched and written book about Boudicca’s rebellion against the Roman occupiers in AD 60.
The story is full of bloody battles, large casualties and larger than life characters such the the re-haired Queen herself who made a brief, but very significant, contribution to ancient history.
David Lowther. Author of The Blue Pencil, Liberating Belsen, Two Families at War, The Summer of’39 (all published by Sacristy Press) and Ordinary Heroes (published by I M Books)
The story is full of bloody battles, large casualties and larger than life characters such the the re-haired Queen herself who made a brief, but very significant, contribution to ancient history.
David Lowther. Author of The Blue Pencil, Liberating Belsen, Two Families at War, The Summer of’39 (all published by Sacristy Press) and Ordinary Heroes (published by I M Books)
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