the eagle and the raven by pauline gedge

Spanning three generations, this historical novel tells the tale of Boudicca, the most famous warrior of ancient Britain, and Caradoc, the son of a Celtic king, who sets out to unite the people of the Raven and lead them against Rome. Everyday low prices on a huge range of new releases and classic fiction. After the nearly 700 pages it felt like I had lost some good friends and it was strange not to pick up the book again the following night after all the time I had spent with my nose between its pages.This book deserves to be more widely read, an absolute must for anyone with an interest in historical fiction covering this particular time in history. The Eagle and the Raven (Rediscovered Classics) Paperback 28 October 2007. Buy The Eagle and the Raven by Pauline Gedge from Amazons Fiction Books Store.

The battle scenes, though mercifully infrequent, don't leave much to the imagination and describe the clashes between the tribes and the Romans in all their noisy, violent detail I could almost hear the Britons' war cries and ringing of swords and smell the air heavy with the metallic scent of blood, the passages propelling me along and leaving me virtually breathless and exhausted. I felt as if I was right there, in the dense green Catuvellaun forests, the wind-swept hills of Brigantia, or the majestic but barren mountains of the west, sharing the freedom fighters' hardships and feeling their pain.

The last 100 pages are about Boudicca's struggles against alien superiority, and take part nearly twenty years after the Roman invasion.The book's sense of time and place is wonderful and the reader is swept along by the ancient Britons' desperate, but ultimately futile fight for freedom against Roman domination. This epic novel mainly tells the story of Caradoc, the chief's son of the Catuvellauni, and his fight against the Roman invaders. Retrouvez Eagle And The Raven by Pauline Gedge (December 06,2005) et des millions de livres en stock sur.

The eagle and the raven by pauline gedge