Boudica: Dreaming the hound
This book broke my heart and does so everytime I read it. It covers the relationship between Prasutagos and Boudica when she returns from Mona to take her place as Queen of the Iceni.
Its also during this that the beginnings of the Boudican rebellion begins, at least as history knows it. This author believes, which logic supports, that Boudica had started to rebel in secret by making and stockpiling the weapons that would be needed by the war host that faced the Roman army. Considering that the Romans had taken and destroyed the weapons the natives to Britain had it makes logical sense that the weapons they had to fight with were made somehow.
Manda Scott has Boudica discovered after the death of Prasutagos and his will reading and it then that the whipping of Boudica and the rape of her daughters takes place. Thankfully these scenes take place towards the end of the book which means that the majority of the book is enjoyable.
I do advise caution when reading this book because while the description of the rape and whipping is limited, it's still enough to paint a very clear picture of what happened.
