Most of the book is dedicated to Boudica’s story, relating it to the lives of other women who led their nations in war. The writing of this book was born out by her love of the story of Boudica. I had heard she burned London to the ground! What an amazing story. I’ve always been fascinated by the story of Boudica, the Celtic queen of the Iceni tribe who rose up in rebellion against the occupying Romans in Britain in the mid-first century. But somehow I missed “The Warrior Queens”. Her non-fiction books were the gold standard of history. There was “Mary, Queen of Scots, “The Six Wives of Henry VIII”, “King Charles II” and a biography of Marie Antoinette, among others.
Many years ago, in her heyday, I read everything she wrote that I could get my hands on. Before there was Alison Weir, Philippa Gregory, and other contemporary women historians and writers, there was Antonia Fraser.
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