Legacy Of A Warrior Queen

The Roman conquest of Britain is shattered in 60 C.E. by Boudica, a mother, a warrior and a rebel queen, who once united the tribes against a common enemy. Now, three hundred years later, the prolonged Iron Age in Northern Europe sees the British Isles dominated by women, for these superstitious tribes believe now that only the Mother-Warrior-Queen trinity can safeguard them against any foreign foe. Women are deified; men are little more than slaves. But Arawn, slave-son of a salt merchant, believes that men have worth. When he tries to save a Pictish slave boy from sacrificial death, he accidentally murders his sister and her Druid. Having no other choice but to flee, he embarks on a journey from his British homeland across Gaul and on to Rome, seeking out the powerful priests of the new one true god, who holds men above women. He can escape the British warrior-women hunting him, but he can't escape is own demons, for the journey is long and his bitterness towards women is strong...

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The Legacy of Boadicea explores the construction of personal and national identities in early modern England. It highlights the problems and anxieties of national identity in a nation with no native classical past. Written in an accessible style, The Legacy of Boadicea: * offers powerful new readings of the ancient British past in Shakespeare's King Lear and Cymbeline * persuasively illuminates a 'Boadicean' heritage in royal iconography, drama, and the social symptoms of religious dissent * articulates parallels between the eventual domestication of Britain's warrior queen in Restoration drama, and the social, political and legal decline in the status of women.

It is often assumed that the female characters found in popular folk and fairy tales are little more than inconsequential stereotypes--mostly serving as hapless victims in need of rescue, boring one-dimensional princesses, or egotistical and conniving villains. This book presents more fully-realized portraits of these female characters and the ways in which they actually represent bold and powerful connections to the goddesses of classic mythic narratives. The rich legacy of female goddesses, shamans, queens, and priestesses is in fact preserved and celebrated through these more modern representations, whether as brides who can transform into animals, wise old women who live alone in the deep wilderness, strong warrior maidens, or witches who can conquer and command the elements of nature. In contemplating this revised analysis of female characters within global folktales and fairy tales, readers can see that the goddesses of old have never truly been forgotten.

Get both full-length books in the Legacy Duology in this single volume collection! Start your next adventure with this Celtic inspired epic romantic fantasy featuring political intrigue, dark magic, a potentially deadly sibling rivalry, wolves, found family, and a friends to lovers low spice romance. Niall never saw himself as king, nor did her ever imagine that he would be granted the abilities of a seer. His unnatural power, however, is no great gift. It has already cost him the woman he loves and it threatens to cost him his kingship. When the man Ciara trusted the most disappeared from her life, she found comfort in the arms of his brother, a man she never would have believed she'd fall for. But Bleddyn shows her there's more to him than she first thought and when her dreams of becoming a warrior are crushed, he offers her a safe haven in his kingdom. But things are unsettled on the island of Pern Coen. Dark and dangerous powers are stirring, ones that threaten to bring the land to ruin. When fate throws Ciara and Niall together once more, Niall must learn to accept his uncanny abilities and Ciara must find the inner strength she lost. If they don't, the Dark Raven Spirit will prevail and their futures, as well as their very lives, will be lost. KEYWORDS: sword and sorcery, sword and sorcery fantasy, epic fantasy, epic fantasy romance, epic fantasy series, romantic fantasy, fantasy romance, clean fantasy romance, second chance romance, friends to lovers, childhood friends to lovers, revenge, political intrigue, full length fantasy, new adult fantasy, sibling rivalry, soft magic, broody hero, broody king, outcast, kings, royalty, royal romance, royal hero, warrior woman, seers, shapeshifters, found family, wolves, ravens, low spice romance, strong hero, strong heroine, complete series, secondary world fantasy, Celtic inspired,Celtic inspired fantasy, warrior, dark magic, villainess, mind control, alliances, political intrigue, box set, complete collection, multi-book set, omnibus, Melissa Wright, Megan O'Russel, K. L. Kolarich, A. L. Knorr, Matt Larkin, Suzannah Rowntree, Melanie Karsak, Tanya Bird, Christopher Mitchell, J. R. Pearse Nelson, Amberlynn Holland, Tracy Cooper-Posey, M. Lynn, Michelle Bryan, Kay L. Moody, Melissa A. Craven, Anthea Sharp, Sharon Shinn, Tamora Pierce, Bridget E. Baker, C. J. Archer, Jennifer Anne Davis

My name is Gwenn and I am a queen to an empire, an empire which is unnatural. I became one of them to help my former empire defeat our enemy only for me to realize that I am not just one of them, I became more. Prophesies foretold my coming, I am the reincarnate of a queen who was almost a goddess. If only that was all, then I would be at ease but with great power comes great responsibility. I have to battle the taint. He was awakened the same time the former queen was awakened in me. This time he doesn't want to fail and he is willing to go to the extreme. Last time he made my husband kill me. This time... Heaven have mercy on us all.