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Terrorist Queen: Boudica Fights the Romans
186 pages, Paperback
First published August 1, 2007
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April 20, 2011
Author Gary Sutton’s Oskaloosa Moon is a masterpiece. Terrorist Queen is an earlier, very different novel by him, and, while less wonderfully polished, it’s a wholly fascinating and exciting read. With wise research cleverly hidden behind speculation and narrative license, the author creates a very plausible ancient Britain, peopled with fierce Catavulleni, proud Roman warriors, devious schemers and the potentially peaceful Iceni struggling to hold their own. Boudica’s story is known only in part from history books and excavations. Was she royal-born or only royally married? No one knows for sure, but Gary Sutton creates a very convincing, fiercely independent young woman as the protagonist of this tale, giving her the wisdom of a loner, the loyalty of a friend, and the powerful love of family that holds her world together.
Wet and foggy scenes of English forests, dripping with dew, are beautifully described. The waves roll on wild and soggy shores. And Roman rule intrudes, feeding the people, giving them peace, but denying them freedom and hope.
While Boudica follows the man she loves on paths she’s sure are wrong, keeping their marriage secure, another young woman follows her Roman lover across the world. The one betrayed by deliberate fault, the other by goodwill, both women meet in a fateful battle scene.
The confusion of war; the crash of disorganized determination vs. strategy and plan; the scent of herbs and dyes and skin and wool… Gary Sutton brings it all to life and tells a fascinating tale. Freshly drawn backgrounds create new characters from names in history books, and the whole is a really enjoyable read for anyone hooked on ancient Britain, Roman rule, or just the misunderstandings and folly of rich nation, poor nation interactions, follies that still devolve into pain across much of our world today.
Disclosure: The author sent me a copy of this book because he knows I love Boudica. He didn’t ask me for a review, but I thought I’d write one anyway, with thanks.
Wet and foggy scenes of English forests, dripping with dew, are beautifully described. The waves roll on wild and soggy shores. And Roman rule intrudes, feeding the people, giving them peace, but denying them freedom and hope.
While Boudica follows the man she loves on paths she’s sure are wrong, keeping their marriage secure, another young woman follows her Roman lover across the world. The one betrayed by deliberate fault, the other by goodwill, both women meet in a fateful battle scene.
The confusion of war; the crash of disorganized determination vs. strategy and plan; the scent of herbs and dyes and skin and wool… Gary Sutton brings it all to life and tells a fascinating tale. Freshly drawn backgrounds create new characters from names in history books, and the whole is a really enjoyable read for anyone hooked on ancient Britain, Roman rule, or just the misunderstandings and folly of rich nation, poor nation interactions, follies that still devolve into pain across much of our world today.
Disclosure: The author sent me a copy of this book because he knows I love Boudica. He didn’t ask me for a review, but I thought I’d write one anyway, with thanks.
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