![]() ![]() ![]() Urn:oclc:50510956 Republisher_date 20120505024422 Republisher_operator Scandate 20120504053648 Scanner . Dreaming the Eagle is a powerful novel about Boudica, one of the most intriguing and mysterious women in history. OL5848256W Page_number_confidence 94.84 Pages 490 Pdf_module_version 0.0.20 Ppi 514 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0440241081 What draws her to the ancient Britons in Dreaming the Eagle, the first of a sequence of novels about Boudica, is her sense of them as a people whose wealth and civilisation lay, in part, in. Price New from Used from Kindle 'Please retry' 6. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 19:00:44 Bookplateleaf 0004 Boxid IA178601 Boxid_2 CH113201 Camera Canon EOS 5D Mark II City New York Donor Dreaming the Eagle Mass Market Paperback Septemby Manda Scott(Author) 4.3 out of 5 stars1,334 ratings Book 1 of 4: Boudica Trilogy See all formats and editions Sorry, there was a problem loading this page. ![]()
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