Dreaming the Bull (Boudica Trilogy)

Dreaming the Bull (Boudica Trilogy)

The second part of the stunning fictionalization of the life of Britainâ€™s warrior queen, Boudica, immerses us in a world of druids and dreamers, warriors and lovers, passion and courage. Originally a trilogy, this is now a four-part series.

â€œBoudicaâ€ means â€œBringer of Victoryâ€ (from the early Celtic word â€œboudegâ€). She was the last defender of the Celtic culture; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome -- and triumph.

Book one, Dreaming the Eagle, took readers from Boudicaâ€™s girlhood with the Eceni tribe to the climax of the two-day battle when she and her lover, Caradoc, faced the invading Romans. Believing her dead, Breacaâ€™s beloved brother, BÃ¡n, joined the Roman cause.

Dreaming the Bull, the second book in this compelling series, continues the intertwined stories of Boudica, and BÃ¡n, now an officer in the Roman cavalry. They stand on opposite sides in a brutal war of attrition between the occupying army and the defeated tribes, each determined to see the other dead. In a country under occupation, Caradoc, lover to Breaca, is caught and faces the ultimate penalty. Only BÃ¡n has the power to save him, and BÃ¡n has spent the past ten years denying his past. Treachery divides these two; heroism brings them together again, changed out of all recognition -- but it may not be enough to heal the wounds.

Dreaming the Bull is a heart-stopping story of war and of peace; of love, passion and betrayal; of druids and warring gods, where each life is sacred and each death even more so; and where Breaca and BÃ¡n learn the terrible distances they must travel to fulfill their own destinies.

Through the summer, Cunomar came to recognize two different kinds of warriors. The smaller group consisted of those few men and women still alive who had known his mother before the two-day battle against the invading legions. These were her friends and they called her Breaca in the way Cunomarâ€™s father and the innermost circle of the honour guard still did. The rest, who had met her only in battle or, worse, knew her only by reputation, gave the warriorâ€™s salute in a way that was subtly different and hailed her as the Boudica, bringer of victory. She didnâ€™t enjoy that, but in the short span of his life, Cunomar had watched his mother become more comfortable with name, so that it settled on her like a worn cloak and she did not stiffen at the sound of it.

He had heard her use the word herself for the first time that morning as a cold dawn sharpened the air and Nemain, the moon, lowered into her bed in the mountains. Breaca had stood on the back of her mare and addressed the massed ranks of warriors and dreamers, naming them all Boudegae, bringers of victory, and swearing before them that she would fight for as long as it took to rid the land of the invader. -- from Dreaming the Bull

From the Trade Paperback edition.

Country	USA
Author	Manda Scott
Binding	Hardcover
EAN	9780385336710
Edition	First Edition
ISBN	0385336713
Label	Delacorte Press
Manufacturer	Delacorte Press
NumberOfItems	1
NumberOfPages	368
PublicationDate	2004-04-27
Publisher	Delacorte Press
ReleaseDate	2004-04-27
Studio	Delacorte Press

Dreaming the Bull (Boudica Trilogy)

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