Boudica: A Life from Beginning to End

Boudica was the queen of her people, a proud Celtic tribe in the east of England, and she took that responsibility seriously. In a time when the Romans sought to add the British Isles to their ever-growing empire, she stood as the last line of defense between her tribe and total subjugation. And so, with nothing left to lose, she did what few had ever dared: she led her people in open revolt against the mightiest empire on earth.

Rome had turned the Mediterranean into its own private lake and southern England into a conquered province. But power had made them careless. Drunk on past victories, the Romans had grown overconfident, corrupt, and complacent—so complacent, in fact, that they were caught off guard when an enraged army of Celtic warriors, united under the fiery banner of their queen, came steamrolling across the land, reducing Roman settlement after Roman settlement to rubble. This book chronicles the life and legend of Boudica, the warrior queen.