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    "annotation": "<p><span>Boudica means Bringer of Victory (from the early Celtic word &ldquo;boudeg&rdquo;). She is the last defender of the Celtic culture in Britain; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome -- and triumph.<br /></span><br /><span>It is 33 AD and eleven-year-old Breaca (later named Boudica), the red-haired daughter of one of the leaders of the Eceni tribe, is on the cusp between girl and womanhood. She longs to be a Dreamer, a mystical leader who can foretell the future, but having killed the man who has attacked and killed her mother, she has proven herself a warrior.&nbsp;</span><strong>Dreaming the Eagle</strong><span>&nbsp;is also the story of the two men Boudica loves most: Caradoc, outstanding warrior and inspirational leader; and B&agrave;n, her half-brother, who longs to be a warrior, though he is manifestly a Dreamer, possibly the finest in his tribe&rsquo;s history. B&agrave;n becomes the Druid whose eventual return to the Celts is Boudica&rsquo;s salvation.<br /></span><br /><strong>Dreaming the Eagle</strong><span>&nbsp;is full of brilliantly realised, luminous scenes as the narrative sweeps effortlessly from the epic -- where battle scenes are huge, bloody, and action-packed -- to the intimate. Manda Scott plunges us into the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Roman invasion: a world of druids and dreamers and the magic of the gods where the natural world is as much a character as any of the people who live within it, a world of warriors who fight for honour as much as victory, a world of passion, courage and spectacular heroism pitched against overwhelming odds.<br /></span><br /><strong>Dreaming the Eagle</strong><span>&nbsp;stunningly recreates the roots of a story so powerful its impact has lasted through the ages.</span></p>",
    "description": "<p><span>Boudica means Bringer of Victory (from the early Celtic word &ldquo;boudeg&rdquo;). She is the last defender of the Celtic culture in Britain; the only woman openly to lead her warriors into battle and to stand successfully against the might of Imperial Rome -- and triumph.<br /></span><br /><span>It is 33 AD and eleven-year-old Breaca (later named Boudica), the red-haired daughter of one of the leaders of the Eceni tribe, is on the cusp between girl and womanhood. She longs to be a Dreamer, a mystical leader who can foretell the future, but having killed the man who has attacked and killed her mother, she has proven herself a warrior.&nbsp;</span><strong>Dreaming the Eagle</strong><span>&nbsp;is also the story of the two men Boudica loves most: Caradoc, outstanding warrior and inspirational leader; and B&agrave;n, her half-brother, who longs to be a warrior, though he is manifestly a Dreamer, possibly the finest in his tribe&rsquo;s history. B&agrave;n becomes the Druid whose eventual return to the Celts is Boudica&rsquo;s salvation.<br /></span><br /><strong>Dreaming the Eagle</strong><span>&nbsp;is full of brilliantly realised, luminous scenes as the narrative sweeps effortlessly from the epic -- where battle scenes are huge, bloody, and action-packed -- to the intimate. Manda Scott plunges us into the unforgettable world of tribal Britain in the years before the Roman invasion: a world of druids and dreamers and the magic of the gods where the natural world is as much a character as any of the people who live within it, a world of warriors who fight for honour as much as victory, a world of passion, courage and spectacular heroism pitched against overwhelming odds.<br /></span><br /><strong>Dreaming the Eagle</strong><span>&nbsp;stunningly recreates the roots of a story so powerful its impact has lasted through the ages.</span></p>",
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