Echolands
A Journey in Search of Boudica
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Duncan Mackay
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Duncan Mackay
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'Duncan has written a masterpiece - a journey and an investigation that fuses landscape and history, chasing the echoes of Boudica's rebellion and finding its physical traces that still surround us today.' Nicholas Crane
'A brilliant imagining of the past. Mackay's knowledge is profound, but lightly worn, his writing elegant and witty, and his enthusiasm infectious. A joy to read.' Dr Harry Sidebottom, University of Oxford, author or THE MAD EMPEROR
'Mackay's journey into the past is hugely enjoyable.' BBC History Magazine
'The places that Mackay visits, traverses and dwells in are vividly described as a conscious attempt to revive the past... there are real moments of joy and insight.' History Today
Almost 2000 years ago, Boudica led the greatest rebellion Britain has ever seen. Within the space of a single blood-soaked year, she united the tribes to deliver blow after devastating blow to the Roman regime, culminating in a brutal, decisive battle.
Archaeologist Duncan Mackay has spent a lifetime on the trail of Boudica. Beginning near his home in Norfolk, in the heart of Boudica's tribal territory, he embarks on a journey in the footsteps of Romans and Britons, exploring their villages, towns, forts and roads. The passage of two millennia has buried the world that Boudica knew, but Duncan finds that its echoes and physical traces still surround us - as long as you know where to look. The armies marched along the roads we still use, and died in their thousands in towns, cities and countryside where we still live today. The site of Boudica's last battle was long believed be lost to time, but the threads of the story all pull towards one remarkable, forgotten little corner of the English landscape.
From the Breckland of Norfolk to the back streets of Colchester, from the remotest corner of Anglesey to the depths of the London Underground, Duncan takes us back two thousand years to retell the story of Britain's bloodiest year. Fusing ancient history, modern excavation, landscape exploration, and vivid reconstruction, Echolands weaves the long-lost tapestry of Boudica's war.©2023 Duncan Mackay (P)2023 Hodder & Stoughton Limited
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- Jack Clancy
- 26-10-23
Excellent book
I loved this book. Roman era is my favourite subject in history to read and the Boudiccan war I fascinating. If only we could find the last battlefield location with all our technology and resources. Well done Duncan Mackay.
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- Thomas Dobbins
- 23-10-24
Great!
Treads the line between romance, reality, tragedy and nuance expertly. Portrays the discipline’s imaginative fogginess in all its glory.
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- Mrs. C. A. Wood
- 04-10-24
Echolands
very enjoyable, and a great step back in time, this was tainted by political comment really unnecessary and unwarranted. I should of expected nothing less from brain washed University types.
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- Anonymous User
- 15-11-24
Absolutely superb!
A fascinating and unique angle on history that really resonated with me. Love how he talks about soaking up and connecting with history. V inspiring.
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- Anonymous User
- 20-10-24
A fantastic listen
I listened to this whilst cycling the country lanes in my local area.
At times I swear I could hear the legions marching over my shoulder.
Such a fantastic book, packed full of information told in a great way. Many thanks
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- AnniB
- 23-09-24
An evocative tribute to a warrior queen
I loved this book. Mackay's retelling of the story of Boudica, using the most up to date archaeological discoveries, ancient sources and an educated imagination to take us, literally, on the same paths that Boudica and her fated army took is a journey I will take again and again. Mackay's accessible storytelling is for all, one of it's great strengths is the humanity with which he shares his passion for Boudica, archaeology, and that thing all archaeologists dream of (myself included), to wonder what it would have been like to have witnessed one of the defining moments in this Island's history.
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- NumptyDoo
- 15-04-23
Superb, well argued book!
This is about the best book I've read (listened to) in decades! it evokes the Boudicca Revolt extremely clearly, adding lots of detail from recent archaeology, and combines it with present day scenes like a Marks and Spencers food hall or an industrial estate,call of which the author has obviously visited. It rolls along wonderfully, balancing the excitement and tension of the time. I very much did not want to agree with his conclusion but am a reluctant convert - a completely convinced convert.
I cannot recommend this book highly enough
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- Caractacus
- 27-10-24
Brilliant
Beautifully written, compelling history with the huge advantage of being read, so perfectly by the author himself
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