Daughters of Fire
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Narrated by:
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Ffion Aynsley
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By:
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Barbara Erskine
About this listen
The sweeping new novel from the bestselling author of Hiding from the Light and Whispers in the Sand switches between Roman Britain and the present day where history dramatically impacts on the lives of three women.
The Romans are landing in Britannia…
Cartimandua, the young woman destined to rule the great Brigantes tribe, watches the invaders come ever closer. Her life has always been a maelstrom of love, conflict and revenge, but it only becomes more turbulent and complicated with power. Her political skills are threatened by her personal choices, and Cartimandua finds she has made formidable enemies on all sides as she faces a decision which will change the futures of all around her.
In the present day, historian Viv Lloyd Rees has immersed herself in the legends surrounding the Celtic queen. Viv struggles to hide her visions of Cartimandua and her conviction that they are real. But her obsession becomes more persistent when she finds an ancient brooch that carries a curse. Bitter rivalries and overwhelming passions are reawakened as past envelops present and Viv finds herself in the greatest danger of her life.
©2008 Barbara Erskine (P)2024 HarperCollins PublishersListeners also enjoyed...
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‘Riveting timeslip novel.’ Fanny Blake, Woman and Home
‘A fascinating spotlight on a dark age.’ Bella
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- Jera
- 22-05-24
Historical fiction with fact
Another amazing story. Little is known about the characters in history what Barbara has written feels like you are reading between the lines of these historical figures. I loved the story and it has shown im now a lifelong Erskine fan
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- Rachel Greaves
- 18-03-24
What a story!
Great story, very atmospheric, the only part that i found irritating, was the narrator reading out the sub chapter number, I don’t know why they were there, you’d be engrossed in a great bit of dialogue and suddenly they’d be a 3’ and then return to dialogue,
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- Meadowfee
- 19-05-24
Not sure
Im a long term Barbara Erskine fan and love her style of writing. However, I found this one to be overly complex, almost boring in parts and it could have been more concise. She has written many better sagas.
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- Amazon Customer
- 14-12-24
Fascinating story
Really liked this book, fascinating characters. However I felt that it went on too long, and didn’t like all the many long sounding names of people.
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- AmazonCustomer
- 03-11-24
Brilliant
Good old early days Erskine story telling. The narrator did a great job bringing the story and the characters alive
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- E. Morse
- 16-10-24
Too slow
Previously I've really been gripped by Barbara Erskine's books. This one didn't work for me.
I'm no expert, but the story lacked any power or energy. It just tumbled to a halt about a quarter of the way from the start.
I'm not sure why because there were some interesting ideas.
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