A Year of Ravens, Kate Quinn
A Year of Ravens, Kate Quinn
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A Year of Ravens
A Novel of Boudica's Rebellion

Author: Kate Quinn, Eliza Knight, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear, Ruth Downie, Stephanie Dray, Simon Turney

Narrator: Andrew Kingston, Saskia Maarleveld

Unabridged: 18 hr 28 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 08/08/2023

Includes: Bonus Material Bonus Material Included


Synopsis

A YEAR OF RAVENSBritannia: land of mist and magic clinging to the western edge of the Roman Empire. A red-haired queen named Boudica led her people in a desperate rebellion against the might of Rome, an epic struggle destined to consume heroes and cowards, young and old, Roman and Briton . . . and these are their stories.A calculating queen foresees the fires of rebellion in a king's death. A neglected slave girl seizes her own courage as Boudica calls for war. An idealistic tribune finds manhood in a brutal baptism of blood and slaughter. A death-haunted Druid challenges the gods themselves to ensure victory for his people. A conflicted young warrior finds himself torn between loyalties to tribe and to Rome. An old champion struggles for everlasting glory in the final battle against the legions. A pair of fiery princesses fight to salvage the pieces of their mother’s dream as the ravens circle.A novel in seven parts, overlapping stories of warriors and peacemakers, queens and slaves, Romans and Britons who cross paths during Boudica’s epic rebellion. But who will survive to see the dawn of a new Britannia, and who will fall to feed the ravens?Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook.Text copyright 2015 by Ben Kane, Stephanie Dray, Ruth Downie, Russell Whitfield, Vicky Alvear Shecter, S.J.A. Turney, Kate Quinn, and E. Knight.

About Kate Quinn

The native southern Californian, Kate Quinn is a New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of historical fiction. After earning Bachelor's and Master's degrees in Classical Voice, she wrote four novels in the Empress of Rome Saga, and two other books staged in the Italian Renaissance. After her success with those first six books, she began writing in the 20th century with "The Alice Network" and "The Huntress".

Quinn claims to have always loved history and has said this about why........Too often we grow up thinking history is boring, dull, nothing but flat lists of dates and places. In my books I hope to show the life, the laughter, and the humanity that runs through our common past.

She lives in Maryland with her husband and two dogs.......and has never lost her love of opera, but has added action movies, cooking and the Boston Red Sox.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Emma

3.5 stars. "We made Rome tremble," ... "We shook an empire to its core." The story of Boudica 's rebellion against the Romans told from multiple points of view written by several authors. This was an interesting book. As always with a compilation piece, some stories had an edge on the others but actual......more

Year of Ravens is a unique look at Boudica's rebellion against Rome. Seven different authors have told the story through seven different lenses, so you get the grit of battle from the perspective of a Roman warrior, the magic of the isle of Mona as told by a young druid, and the aftermath of the reb......more

Goodreads review by Amy

I’ll be honest with you, collaborative works of fiction aren’t something I’m particularly experienced with. If anything I tend to have a prerequisite for them being a weak link in the literary canon. Why, you may ask? Well, prior to reading A Year of Ravens, I was of the mind that a novel constructe......more

Goodreads review by Gaby

This novel, set during the conquest of Britannia, is divided into seven parts, similar to A Day of Fire: A Novel of Pompeii. It follows the lives of various characters—from queens and slaves to tribunes—each trying to survive and play their part during the Boudica Rebellion in Roman Britain. Ever s......more