{"product_id":"book-au0h","title":"Dreaming the Eagle","description":"\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eDreaming the Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e is the first part of the gloriously imagined epic trilogy of the life of Boudica.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Boudica means Bringer of Victory (from the early Celtic word “boudeg” ). She is the last defender of the Celtic culture in Britain; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome—and triumph.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e It is 33 AD and eleven-year-old Breaca (later named Boudica), the red-haired daughter of one of the leaders of the Eceni tribe, is on the cusp between girl and womanhood. She longs to be a Dreamer, a mystical leader who can foretell the future, but having killed the man who has attacked and killed her mother, she has proven herself a warrior. \u003ci\u003eDreaming the Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e is also the story of the two men Boudica loves most: Caradoc, outstanding warrior and inspirational leader; and Bàn, her half-brother, who longs to be a warrior, though he is manifestly a Dreamer, possibly the finest in his tribe’s history. Bàn becomes the Druid whose eventual return to the Celts is Boudica’s salvation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDreaming the Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e is full of brilliantly realised, luminous scenes as the narrative sweeps effortlessly from the epic -- where battle scenes are huge, bloody, and action-packed -- to the intimate. Manda Scott plunges us into the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Roman invasion: a world of druids and dreamers and the magic of the gods where the natural world is as much a character as any of the people who live within it, a world of warriors who fight for honour as much as victory, a world of passion, courage and spectacular heroism pitched against overwhelming odds.\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Dreaming the Eagle\u003c\/i\u003e stunningly recreates the roots of a story so powerful its impact has lasted through the ages.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49341101900080,"sku":"BDau0h","price":14.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/234012-au0h-Square.jpg?v=1734054401","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-au0h","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}