The revolt of Queen Boudica and the Iceni against the might
of Rome has echoed down the centuries. Nearly 2000 years ago, during the early
years of Roman Britain, Boudica, a victim of Roman injustice, raised the Iceni
tribe in rebellion against Rome.
Iceni: The Year of Sacrifice
Iceni Book 1
by Stephen D Owen
Genre: Historical Fiction
Iceni: The Year of Sacrifice is the first
thrilling instalment in this historical trilogy.
60 AD. The death of Prasutagus, the Iceni king, leaves his
kingdom divided between Rome and his daughters. The Roman Procurator Catus
Decianus seizes the entire territory and brutalizes Boudica and her family.
Driven by vengeance, Boudica rallies the Iceni tribe and
allies including the Trinovantes, Coritani, and Catuvellauni. As Roman forces
are preoccupied in the north, Boudica’s rebel army advances on Camulodunum, the
Roman provincial capital, where a vastly outnumbered Roman defence struggles to
hold.
With the fate of Roman Britannia hanging in the balance, the
epic tale of sacrifice, rebellion, and fierce determination unfolds.
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Stephen D Owen, an enthusiast of Roman Britain and the Iceni
Revolt, wished to bring the dramatic story of Queen Boudica, a druid priest and
the Iceni Revolt to life in his debut novel, Iceni: The Year of Sacrifice.
Stephen explains: “The revolt of Queen Boudica and the Iceni
against the might of Rome has echoed down the centuries. Nearly 2000 years ago,
during the early years of Roman Britain, Boudica, victim of Roman injustice,
raised the Iceni in rebellion against Rome.
On 1st of August 1984, millennia later, a mysterious link
with the drama of the Iceni Revolt may have been uncovered. The remnants of a
male peat body were found at Lindow Moss Wilmslow Cheshire, England.
At first the peat body was thought to be a murder victim,
yet in time the body was proven to be far older. As old as the Iron Age in
Britain at the time of the Roman Conquest.
Known as Lindow Man, or Pete Marsh, archaeologists and
experts were called in. A theory was put forward, Lindow Man was in fact a
high-born sacrificial victim. A druid priest, perhaps close to Boudica herself,
who was a witness and key to the Iceni revolt.
The discovery of Lindow Man inspired me to write Iceni: The
Year of Sacrifice. Was this man a priest?
Fundamental to the fate of Boudica and the Iceni? Although
my version is fictional, I decided a good challenge would be to write my
version of what could have happened, but I would encourage any reader to look
into the history to form their own opinions!”
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