TY - BOOK AU - Cast,P.C. TI - Boudicca: a novel SN - 9780063294974 PY - 2025///] CY - New York, NY PB - William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers KW - Boadicea, KW - Queens KW - Fiction KW - Widows KW - Iceni KW - Goddesses KW - Druids and druidism KW - Man-woman relationships KW - Great Britain KW - History KW - Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D KW - Fantasy fiction KW - lcgft KW - Romance fiction KW - Historical fiction KW - Biograpical fiction N2 - "In Roman-occupied Britain, the Iceni tribe crowns an extraordinary new queen. Tall and flame-haired, Boudicca is devoted to Andraste, the Iceni's patron goddess, known for her raven familiar, her fierceness, and her swirling blue tattoos. Boudicca and her two young daughters will carry the tribe forward in dangerous times. Roman tax collector Catus Decianus, expecting weakness in a female ruler, launches a devastating attack on the tribe's stronghold. Boudicca and her family barely survive--but they refuse to bend the knee. She calls a war council, bringing together her most trustworthy allies, including her childhood friend Rhan, now a powerful Druid seer, and the horse master Maldwyn, whose devotion to Boudicca runs deeper than a warrior to a queen"-- ER -