Boudica: The Life of Britain’s Legendary Warrior Queen [Paperback ed.] 1585679127, 9781585679126

Table of contents :
Copyright
List of Illustrations
Timeline
Introduction
1. Ocean
2. The Mighty Colossus
3. The Last of the Free
4. Beyond the Deep Sea
5. One Hundred Years of Solitude
6. Claudius’s Conquest of Britain, AD 43
7. “Hyenas in Petticoats”
8. The Druids of Mona
9. The Outrage against Boudica
10. Boudica’s Attack on Colchester
11. The Evidence on the Ground
12. Boudica’s Assault on London
13. Boudica’s Assault on St. Albans
14. The Final Battle
15. The Aftermath
16. Up from the Ashes: Roman Britain after AD 60/61
17. Rebirth & Revival: Making History into Herstory
18. Celtomania: The Founding of a New Ethnicity
19. A Queen for all Seasons: Boudica’s Enduring Iconography
20. The Queen is Dead: Long Live the Queen!
21. From Barbarity to Celebrity: The Cult of the Warrior Queen
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
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