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Boudica Britannia First Edition

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When Roman troops threatened to seize the wealth of the Iceni people, their queen, Boudica, retaliated by inciting a major uprising, allying her tribe with the neighbouring Trinovantes. The ensuing clash is one of the most important - and dramatic - events in the history of Britain, standing testament to what can happen when an insensitive colonial power meets determined resistance from a subjugated people head-on.

In this fascinating account of a legendary figure, Miranda Aldhouse-Green raises questions about female power, colonial oppression, and whether Boudica would be seen today as a freedom fighter, terrorist or martyr.

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    1405811005
  2. ISBN-13
    978-1405811002
  3. Edition
    First Edition
  4. Publisher
    Pearson / Longman
  5. Publication date
    January 1, 2006
  6. Language
    English
  7. Dimensions
    6.25 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
  8. Print length
    286 pages
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"Equally at home with the classical Graeco-Roman world and that of the prehistoric European Iron Age, Professor Aldhouse-Green is well equipped to do justice to the fearsome warrior queen of the Britons who so nearly brought the story of Roman Britain to a premature end. This important study of Boudica not only makes full use of recent archaeological and classical scholarship, it also offers exciting new psychological insights into the first woman to make a significant impact on the history of Britain" - Dr Paul R. Sealey, Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Colchester Museums

"New insights and evidence, and the fresh and modern approach to the saga of the British warrior queen. This book is well worth reading." - Dorothy Watts, University of Queensland

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'[This] book is a jolly good read?lively, confident and [filled with] thought-provoking parallels with modern times [?]Professor Aldhouse-Green is well equipped to do justice to the fearsome warrior queen of the Britons who so nearly brought the story of Roman Britain to a premature end. This important study of Boudica not only makes full use of recent archaeological and classical scholarship, it also offers exciting new psychological insights into the first woman to make a significant impact on the history of Britain?.

Dr Paul R. Sealey, Assistant Curator of Archaeology, Colchester Museums

When Roman troops threatened to seize the wealth of the Iceni people, their queen, Boudica, retaliated by inciting a major uprising, allying her tribe with the neighbouring Trinovantes. The ensuing clash is one of the most important ? and dramatic - events in the history of Britain, standing testament to what can happen when an insensitive colonial power meets determined resistance from a subjugated people head-on.

In this fascinating account of a legendary figure, Miranda Aldhouse-Green raises questions about female power, colonial oppression, and whether Boudica would be seen today as a freedom fighter, terrorist or martyr.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pearson / Longman; First Edition (January 1, 2006)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 286 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1405811005
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1405811002
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.46 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.25 x 1.5 x 9.5 inches
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Cameron Dryden
5.0 out of 5 stars A Comprehensive Treatment of Queen Boudica
Reviewed in the United States on December 26, 2018
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I've read many short pieces and watched videos about Boudica's rebellion, but was looking for more depth and detail. I'm very pleased with this book.

Some might be put off because this book is not linear, or like a novel--it is topically organized, so studying the relatively brief rebellion requires some jumping back and forth. However, the book covers much ground, including the contexts of the Roman Empire, the Celts and Druids, Boudica's ancestry, other strong queens of that period in Europe, the rebellion itself, and even the Legend of the Icenian Wolf. Interspersed are quotations from early sources Dio Cassius, Tacitus, Seneca, Suetonius, Plutarch, Polybius, Pliny, and many others.

Since history is generally written by the victors and Boudica wasn't, the book cautions us at times to take certain accounts with a grain of salt, but offers her own opinions of what likely happened, as any good historian must. I found her thoughts to be plausible, likely, and evidence-based. I found her discussion Decianus Catu's reasons for humiliating Boudica more accurate than many other treatments that gloss over the illegality of a woman inheriting her husband's estate, according to Roman law. The author also does not shy away from the fact that Catus's actions would have been considered war crimes, even back then.

I highly recommend this book if you want to get to know this warrior queen better.
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Chase Mc
1.0 out of 5 stars Questionable Rigor
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2009
Several key statements in the book are misleading and inaccurate. For example: (1) "Palestine initially fell to the Ptolemies (whose main region was Egypt) and, in 200 BC, it was transferred to the control of the Seleucids of Syria." (2) "The Hasmoneanswere responsible for Rome's intervention in Palestine, a relationship that would lead ultimately to its inclusion in the empire"

It is well documents that the term Palestina was first used almost 300 years AFTER those events. The aforementioned sentences fly in the face of historical facts: only after they suppressed the Bar Kokhba rebellion in the 2nd century CE, the Roman authorities renamed "Provincia Judea" (derived from the name "Judah") to "Syria Palaestina".

The aforementioned gross inaccuracies reflect negatively on the quality of the book. It begs to ask if its author has not bend the truth to align it with her political views, making a mockery of the scientific method she pretends to have used. According to her own biography, the author is an archeologist whose expertise is the Celtic culture. These credentials do not suffice to make her an authority on the entire history of the Roman empire, let alone the near East.
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La Pettie Fantome
5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 30, 2017
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Jocko
4.0 out of 5 stars The First British Battleaxe
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 27, 2009
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This is an intelligent, well-researched, well-written and informative work by a distinguished academic archeologist. As such it makes a refreshing change from many other books on Boudica, which are often little more than disguised "New Age" romances. I warmly recommend it as an unusually comprehensive, scholarly and clear-headed introduction to the period.

In recent years Boudica has emerged from obscurity to become a focus for various mythological projections - predominantly as a feminist heroine or a Euro-sceptic fighter for British national identity.

Aldhouse-Green is a good historian, but not entirely immune to such posturing, especially towards the end of the book, when it shows signs of publisher-induced padding. Inevitably, the "thought-provoking parallels with modern times" promised on the cover have already dated badly. An adoring portrayal of Cherie Blair as the modern Boudica will leave most British readers incredulous, whilst a breathless eulogy to "another charismatic woman on the current political stage - freedom fighter and suicide bomber Reem Salah Al-Riyashi, a mother of two children who blew herself up and killed four Israelis" is simply puerile: A patent attempt to exploit the issues of the moment, seeking a parallel that - as the author admits - simply does not exist.

Such material does not make the past "accessible" - certainly not to anyone sufficiently interested to buy a serious and insightful work like Boudica Britannia. Yet these touches should not detract from the value of the book. This is overwhelmingly the work of a genuine historian in full command of her material and undoubtedly one of the best popular books on the subject.
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