Echolands : a journey in search of Boudica /

Almost 2000 years ago, Boudica led the greatest rebellion Britain has ever seen. Within the space of a single blood-soaked year, she united the tribes to deliver blow after devastating blow to the Roman regime, culminating in a brutal, decisive battle. Archaeologist Duncan Mackay has spent a lifetim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Mackay, Duncan (Archaeologist) (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	London : Hodder & Stoughton, 2024.
Edition:	Paperback edition.
Subjects:	Boadicea, > Queen, > -62. Archaeology > Great Britain. Historic sites > Great Britain. Great Britain > Antiquities, Roman. Great Britain > History > Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D. Archéologie > Grande-Bretagne. Lieux historiques > Grande-Bretagne. Grande-Bretagne > Histoire > 55 av. J.-C.-449 (Période romaine) History. Boadicea Archaeology - Great Britain > Historic sites - Great Britain > Great Britain - Antiquities, Roman > Great Britain - History - Roman period, 55 BC-449 AD

Table of Contents:

Significant historical figures
Preface: AD 60 and all that
A far-flung isle
The eagle has landed
Till in her ashes she lie buried
Paths of glory
The Eagle of the Ninth
Enemy coast ahead
London calling
Apocalypse now
Ghost town
Thunderclap
The black year
Epilogue: ashes and dust.