[ebooktalk] Re: BOUDICA: DREAMING THE EAGLE
- From: "Steven Bingham" <steven.bingham1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 22:51:19 +0100
It's definitely worth the effort - I was interested in the subject but
rather put off by the ['dreamer' aspect but I think it works very well and
it is a very plausible world. That may be because I think it owes something
to Australian native culture.
I find it fascinating that all imperial cultures make the assumption that
the peoples they wish to dominate are inferior savages. The Romans certainly
did. The Spanish in South America and the British everywhere. The Russians
in their heyday applied the same principle in a political way and I suspect
that American financial interests are doing the same in their realm. I
wonder what the Chinese will be thinking as their domination grows!
Steve
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It sounds like an interesting series. I have looked at them before, but had
thought they were more fantasy books, which I'm not keen on. I might give
the first one a try and see.
Shell.
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From: "Ian Macrae" <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 7:17 PM
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Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOUDICA: DREAMING THE EAGLE
> I've been meaning to ask for a while whether anyone else had read these
books Steve. I did so some years ago and really loved them. I found that
having been taken into her world I went along with how things were,
including the dreamers. After all, as you say, none of us know much about
the Celtic society of Briton in those days.
> On 15 Oct 2013, at 12:19, Steven Bingham wrote:
>
>> HI again
>>
>> I have just finished this Manda Scott historical novel. I am not sure if
historical is quite the right term. Yes, the history of the Claudian
invasion is correct but as most of the story is told from the native British
point of view there are no known facts to go on. Scott has imagined a very
interesting society although I admit to having doubts about the 'dreamers'
and their supposed powers. This aspect almost brings the book into the realm
of phantasy literature.
>>
>> I enjoyed the book and will certainly be reading Dreaming the Hound and
Dreaming the Bull. They are all very long books. The only facts known about
boudica are those related by Taticus (excuse the spelling) about the revolt
in 60 AD. Those are rather sketchy and hardly sufficient to write nearly
2,000 pages of biography around.
>>
>> Steve
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