Boudica: Dreaming the Hound

Boudica, Book 3

By: Manda Scott

Narrated by: Jerome Flynn, Philip Stevens, Liza Goddard

Length: 20 hrs and 2 mins

Publisher's summary

Manda Scott's Boudica will tell the extraordinary, resounding story of Britain's first and greatest warrior queen, the woman who remains one of the great female icons.

AD 57: much of Britannia has been under Roman occupation for more than 10 years, and tribes pay costly tithes to the emperor in return for the right to continue living on their own lands.

On the sacred isle of Mona, the Boudica, or ‘Bringer of Victory’ as Breaca has long been hailed, now knows for certain that her lover, Caradoc - betrayed, captured and kept hostage in Rome - will never return to her. She leaves Mona, where she and her warriors have been waging a guerrilla war, and takes the fight to the Eceni heartland where it is needed most. With her are her children, Cunomar and Grainne, and her best friend from childhood, ex-lover and dreamer Airmid.

But the once proud Eceni are a downtrodden and defeated people who are forbidden on pain of death to worship their old gods. Across the sea in Hibernia, Breaca’s half-brother, Bán, is struggling to make peace with his fractured past. Soon, provoked by Roman aggression, he will sail to Britannia where he and Breaca will face down the might of Rome in the bloodiest revolt the Western world has ever known.

©2005 Manda Scott (P)2020 Bolinda Publishing

Critic reviews

"The best in the current crop of novels about Rome, its empire and its victims...never sentimental and always tough-minded." (The Independent)

"A powerful novel, alive with the love, deceit, wisdom and the heroics of humanity." (Jean M. Auel)

"Scott has teased a few facts from the ancient record to create an absorbing story from history and myth." (Publishers Weekly)

Great book

This third in the series was not a disappointment. Absolutely fabulous a great read for everyone.

Great series

Worth the credits great narration, a heart wrenching story. Love these books and the Boudicca!

Richly woven

This book at the two previous were the best historical fiction books I have read or listened to. The characters were beautifully developed, the storyline was riveting, and the details were richly woven allowing one to imagine life in the period. The performance was outstanding. I am sad that there is not more to the series.

So good

Narrators are great. Be good for them to change cadence a bit but all nice voices and no gross mouth noises. Story is Incredible!

page turner, breathe taking and heart breaking

I just finished the fourth novel in the Boudicca series by Manda Scott. One more to go.
I LOVE historical fiction and the legend of The Boudicca and her right hand (female) druid, are very much a personal favorite.
Manda weaves a story woven in fantasy and historical fact.
I'm in tears. I knew what was going to happen to her daughters, and i know what happens next...
Yet still, I cried in gasps and sobs all the way through it.
Extraordinarily well written, with the authors notes and comments.
I cannot recommend a series more.
Outlander, be damned.

Wonderful!

I love this series so much! It is well researched, and transports you back in time. I didn’t want it to end. Great narration too.

Stunning Portrayal of A Legendary Queen

The story of Boudica and the "dreaming" continues. This history isn't filled with happy endings for our characters, yet the way Manda Scott presents it with a mix of the mystic is one telling I can not put aside for long. As soon as I awake in the morning, or my adulting is done, I am drawn back to the story, It's on my mind, and hunger for it. Now that I have finished book 3 and I am left in tears for The Boudica, her family, and people, I want to return with book 4 and see how it concludes.
I highly recommend it.

Impressive series

I enjoyed the story line of the progression of Boudica the warrior of Mona to the responsibility to her people. I also enjoyed the counter story of Bon/Valarius and his struggle to become the dreamer he was always meant to be.

Great book

I really liked this book. I am always drawn to historical pieces. The story keeps me hooked and it is really hard to “pause for now” I also really like the author’s note explaining the research and explanation that goes into each book.

Not to be missed

I seldom gush over a series the way I go on about Boudica but I can’t recall when last I’ve been so emotionally invested in a story. Well worth the cost of the download.