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Boudica: Dreaming The Serpent Spear
Boudica: Dreaming The Serpent Spear
Jan 13, 2026 1:31 AM

Author:Manda Scott

Boudica: Dreaming The Serpent Spear

From THE SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Manda Scott, this is the final, heart-rending instalment of the magnificent retelling of the life of Britain's great warrior queen.

"Fast-moving action, spine-tingling battles. Wonderful" -- KATE MOSSE

"The tragic warrior queen, Boudica, is brilliantly realised. Her battles against Rome - the superpower of its day - are both heart-rending and magnificent" -- DAVID GEMMEL

"I can't find a word to describe these books they are just completely.....amazing" -- ***** Reader review

"Amazing writing, spell-binding, transporting..." -- ***** Reader review

"A world I didn't want to part with" -- ***** Reader review

"The whole series is absolutely brilliant - could not put them down" -- ***** Reader review

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BRITIAN HAS PRODUCED MANY FIERCE, NOBLE WARRIORS DOWN THE AGES WHO HAVE FOUGHT TO KEEP BRITAIN FREE, BUT THERE WAS ONE FORMIDABLE LADY IN HISTORY WHOSE NAME WILL NEVER BE FORGOTTEN...

AD 60: The flame of rebellion that has been smouldering for twenty years of Roman occupation has flared into a conflagration that will consume the land and all who live in it. There is no going back.

The Boudica has been flogged and her daughters raped, and her son has burned a Roman watchtower in an act of blatant insurgency. This is the time to act: the Roman governor has marched his legions west to destroy the druidic stronghold of Mona, leaving his capital and a vital port hopelessly undefended.

But to crush the legions for all time, Boudica must do more than lead her army in the greatest rebellion Britain has ever known. She must find healing for herself, for the land - and for Graine, her eight-year-old daughter, who has taken refuge on Mona.

Is revenge worth it under any circumstances, or is the cost more than anyone can bear? Colchester is burning and London is lost without hope. Amidst fire and bloody revolution, the Boudica and those around her must find what matters most, now and forever.

Reviews

The conclusion of an extraordinary achievement ... a story of defeat made glorious by courage and legend, a quartet that gives us back our own history. They will be read and re-read many times

—— The Independent

Great imagination ... fast moving action and spine-tingling battles. Wonderful

—— Kate Mosse, author of LABYRINTH

A powerful novel, alive with the love, deceit, wisdom and the heroics of humanity

—— Jean Auel

A stunning feat of the imagination and an absolute must-read for lovers of historical fiction

—— Steven Pressfield

Manda Scott's Boudica novels are breathtakingly good.The tragic warrior queen, Boudica, is brilliantly realised. Her battles against Rome are both heart rending and magnificent

—— David Gemmell

Daniel Defoe's shameless, charming, intelligent and promiscuous adventuress

—— Sunday Times

An absorbing fable of the here-and-now

—— Independent

A call to embrace life

—— Easy Living

Praise for Liane Moriarty

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Every single one of her books is a great read

—— E! Online

Staggeringly brilliant, literally unputdownable

—— Sophie Hannah

Keeps you guessing until the very end - perfect summer read

—— Reese Witherspoon

Moriarty writes vividly, wittily and wickedly

—— Sunday Express

The writing is beautiful: sometimes funny, sometimes sad but always compelling

—— Good Housekeeping

Like drinking a pink cosmo laced with arsenic . . . a fun, engaging and sometimes disturbing read

—— USA Today

Riveting drama packed with suspense and secrets

—— Woman & Home

Wise, honest, beautifully observed. One of the few writers I'll drop anything for

—— Jojo Moyes

Straight-from-life characters, knife-sharp insight and almost unbearable suspense will have you racing through it

—— Good Housekeeping

Perfect

—— Hello!

A hell of a good book. Funny and scary

—— Stephen King

A cracking story cleverly told

—— Fabulous

Fascinating and compassionate

—— Daily Telegraph
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