2018-12-09
A fantastic story about Iron-Age Britain just before, during, and after the Roman invasion under Claudius.
It’s a little slow to get started, but in the end it’s a brilliantly-written and researched historical novel about the period, and really gives a great perspective of Roman occupation.
The big flaw is that this book almost certainly influenced Braveheart, with its woaded warrior-chiefs rallying to the cry of “Freedom” – yet Gedge, for all her focus on this, misses the hypocrisy that these are the same people happy to keep slaves themselves.
Still, a great read and definitely one of the classics of Roman Historical Fiction.
Rating: 5/5