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Boudicca’s Rebellion AD 60–61: The Britons rise up against Rome (Campaign) Paperback – April 19, 2011

by Nic Fields (Author), Peter Dennis (Illustrator)
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When the Romans occupied the southern half of Britain in AD 43, the Iceni tribe quickly allied themselves with the invaders. Having paid tribute to Rome, they continued to be ruled by their own kings. But 17 years later, when Prasutagus, the king of the Iceni, died, the Romans decided to incorporate his kingdom into the new province. When his widow Boudicca protested, she "was flogged and their daughters raped", sparking one of the most famous rebellions in history. This book tells how Boudicca raised her people and other tribes in revolt, overran the provincial towns of Camulodunum (Colchester), Londinium (London) and Verulamium (St Albans), destroyed the IX Legion, and nearly took control of the fledgling Roman province, before being finally brought to heel in a pitched battle at Mancetter.
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    April 19, 2011
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    7.24 x 0.28 x 9.91 inches
  7. ISBN-10
    1849083134
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Dr Nic Fields started his career as a biochemist before joining the Royal Marines. Having left the military, he went back to university and completed a BA and PhD in Ancient History at the University of Newcastle. He was Assistant Director at the British School in Athens, Greece, and then a lecturer in Ancient History at the University of Edinburgh. Nic is now a freelance author and researcher based in south-west France.

Peter Dennis was inspired by contemporary magazines such as Look and Learn, leading him to study Illustration at Liverpool Art College. Peter has since contributed to hundreds of books, predominantly on historical subjects, including many Osprey titles. A keen wargamer and modelmaker, he is based in Nottinghamshire, UK.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Osprey Publishing; First Edition (April 19, 2011)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Paperback ‏ : ‎ 96 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1849083134
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1849083133
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 2.31 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.24 x 0.28 x 9.91 inches
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m ziemann
5.0 out of 5 stars boudicca"s rebellion
Reviewed in the United States on April 8, 2013
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Well written account of this rebellion. Nice to see cover with a flaxen haired Boudicca. As Roman reenactor, the 14th is my Legion, so this account was very interesting. I enjoyed it, whether you do is up yo you.
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Heman Witmer
5.0 out of 5 stars DISCIPLINE VERSUS A MOB
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CONCISE, WELL-WRITTEN APPRECIATION OF THE REBELLION. GIVES A GOOD APPRECIATION OF HOW A DISORGANIZED MOB IS NO MATCH FOR WELL-TRAINED, WELL-DISCIPLINED TROOPS.
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Steven Peterson
4.0 out of 5 stars Fine Osprey work on Rebellion against the Romans in Britain
Reviewed in the United States on April 24, 2011
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Queen Boudicca led a rebellion against Roman forces in Britain in 60-61 AD. This book confronts an almost impossible problem--very little is known about Boudicca or the specifics of the battle. It is not even clear where the battle took place although author Nic Fields presents what appears to me to be a very credible hypothesis.

This book begins with context. Britain did not seem like much of a place to wage a war of conquest. But newly invested Emperor Claudius (yes, that Claudius, as in "I, Claudius") needed a military victory to gain credibility and he chose Britain as t5he site for his glory. A number of tribes/kingdoms in the conquered country were allowed to keep a degree of autonomy (keeping their own leaders). One of these was the Iceni. After the death of their king, the Romans essentially looted the lands, and treated Queen Boudicca and her daughters roughly (if a few lines in Latin works here or there can be believed). The Iceni rose in revolt along with other tribes/kingdoms.

There followed a war, with Boudicca leading the Britons and Caius Suetonius Paulinus the Romans. Both leaders are described (the treatment of Boudicca is extraordinarily brief, given the lack of much information about her). Then, the two armies are described (although the Britons were more an armed rabble than an organized army). The opposing plans are described as well as the war that took place, including some of the actions. The culminating battle--that gave the war to the Romans--is described as best the author can given limited information.

Pluses: A nice chronology, the usual bevy of illustrations in an Osprey publication, the maps, the rich quality of the pages themselves).
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Walter H
5.0 out of 5 stars Another great military history brief from Osprey
Reviewed in the United States on January 26, 2016
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Another great military history brief from Osprey. Many diagrams layout the battle scenes. Shows great restraint given the dearth of evidence in old Briton. Most of the sources derive from the Roman side of events. An excellent resource for gamers, simulators, and authors. The political and administrative situation is also clearly outlined. A must have for students of Roman history. An interesting window into Pax Romana. After almost 2,000 years this text illustrates that the problems of empire are as timeless as human history itself.
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lordhoot
3.0 out of 5 stars Doesn't really offer anything new.
Reviewed in the United States on April 26, 2011
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The cover of this book I got from Amazon doesn't matches the cover shown.

Boudicca's Rebellion written by Nic Field proves to be a well written book overall but it really doesn't offered anything new to the reader who are familiar with Roman history. The book has nice photos of Celtic and Roman gears, latter helped by Roman reenactors and the book goes into the background of the conflict. The maps provided are pretty decent but full colored illustrations proves somewhat limited Two of the four show Boudicca standing tall addressing her warrior hordes. There is no full colored illustration reflecting the final battle.

This author does not stray from the written passages of the entire campaign. The book doesn't even questioned if Boudicca was actually flogged and her young daughters raped. I would think it would actually be other way around as Boudicca was often describe as tall, blond and good looking woman.

Putting this review in proper perceptive, I would compared it unfavourably with the book, Mons Graupius written by Duncan Campbell, Osprey Campaign book 224. Both Mons Graupius and Boudicca's revolt had the same problem, lack of original sources to fill out the huge empty hole of unknown. But where both books differs is that author of Mons Graupius went out on a limb and gave his readers his perception and his educated assumptions of what might have happen to filled in that huge hole of unknown. In doing so, he gave the readers an educated narrative based on his own knowledge and education of the campaign to come up with a reasonable study. But with Boudicca's Revolt, this author did no such thing and anyone who is familiar with Boudicca's Revolt prior to reading this book, will gain no new insight from reading this book. There are a lot of "filler material" in this book that don't add much. The book's narrative doesn't even offer an analysis of how Boudicca lost control and direction of her revolt since whatever plans she initially had, was gone when her revolt against Roman injustice become more of a rape/pillage/torture/loot expedition. Such a revolt will turn on itself if they were ever successful. I thought the book was bit too harsh on Suetonious Paulinus who was campaigning in northwestern Wales when the revolt broke out. It was his actions that saved Roman Britain and he won a decisive victory against overwhelming odds to end this revolt. Even his choice for the final battle remains questionable even to the author and the book offers no new insight to alternative locations.

It pretty clear that the author of this book didn't go very deep into his research. He read the familiar accounts, brush up his Celtic and Roman lore and wrote a quick book that basically rehashed material you can easily find on the internet. The book is pretty decent for beginner readers of this subject. My three stars is pretty generous since I choose to round up from what this book really deserves..2.5 stars.
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stephen James Burch
5.0 out of 5 stars Boudica's Rebellion
Reviewed in the United States on January 19, 2014
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I like the way the research followed the time line. Interesting work and illustrator did a good job in presenting his work. Good job
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5.0 out of 5 stars Five Stars
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Well put together synopsis of Boudicca's uprising against Roman Briton.
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Steve Jaworski
5.0 out of 5 stars Short but good
Reviewed in Canada on January 26, 2023
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Andrew Ray
5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent non-academic read
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on November 19, 2011
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Boudica still remains Norfolk's own best heroine. This is an excellent book, not academic in style and short at only 96 pages. The book is well organised, featuring chapters on the commanders, the armies and their plans, each with a section on the rebels and then the Romans. It is clear that the author understands military affairs - he served in the Royal Marines before becoming turning his mind to ancient warfare. Norfolk readers will enjoy reading about the campaign when Boudica swept south razing Colchester to the ground and moving on to London an `embryonic town (which) was on its way to becoming what it is now, a city of consumers, of people who are profoundly civilised but not primarily useful'.

The action part of the book rounds off by analysing the dreadful error of the perhaps over-confident Boudica in chasing the Roman army into a well laid trap somewhere in the Midlands where her army was annihilated. Finally there is a review of the aftermath from how the Romans took their revenge through to Boudica's re-adoption as a namesake of the later Queen Victoria. The whole book is well illustrated, well referenced and an excellent read.
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alison
5.0 out of 5 stars British History
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 24, 2012
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This book was a gift for my brother who has a passion for British history,he rated this book highly enjoyed the read and the information that it gave, well written would appeal to all ages, many thanks
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JohnARichardson
4.0 out of 5 stars Boudicca's Rebellion
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 31, 2014
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This is a slim book, inexpensive but looks it. The subject matter was well explained, interesting, and fairly thorough bearing in mind that it is not an in-depth academic exploration of all the surrounding issues. I enjoyed it but would have appreciated a bit more speculation about motives and background and especially more on the perceived personality of Boudicca and her girls and on how and where their demise might have come.
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Joan
5.0 out of 5 stars boudicca,s rebellion
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on June 12, 2012
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A wonderful product and all of osprey, magnificent illustrations, though few, easy and entertaining reading.
An excellent work and all to which we are accustomed to the publisher.
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