I received this book today in the mail from the Santa Fe Writers Project. I guess it's for "read and review" as it's a brand new advance reader's copy. I really don't care that much for historical fiction, and this is a long book. While I appreciate receiving this book, I don't want to read it. I'll see if anyone in BCinDC is interested enough in this book to do a "read and review" for this small, but notable, publishing company. I'm bringing it along to our next BookCrossing meetup in Alexandria, Virginia this month.

I'm releasing this book to BCinDC members for read and review (preferably also on Amazon.com, LibraryThing, B&N and/or other book review sites.). Then I'd like this book back to release in the Little Free Library of Twinbrook (#7720). Thank you very much.

Preferred order of circulation:
1, KateKintail
2. Authorauthor
3. Other BCinDC members
4. SqueakyChu for release in the Little Free Library ofTwinbrook (#7720)

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I'm releasing this book for...

**The 2018 February Heads Shoulders Knees and Toes Release Challenge hosted by awaywithfairies. This book's author's name contains the word HIP.

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Hello and welcome to BookCrossing ... where we make the whole world a library!

Now that you've "caught" this book, it is yours to do with as you like. Read it, keep it, or give it away. It's your choice!

I'd love if you'd enter a note here on BookCrossing about this book -- where you found it, how you like it, and/or where you release it. If you join BookCrossing (free and fun), kindly list me, SqueakyChu , or any other journaler on this thread as your referring person. Thank you so much.

Enjoy the book!

I just want to say here that I heard from the publisher, (Andrew Gifford, founder of Santa Fe Writers Project). Andrew was very happy to hear that I found a couple of very interested readers for this book, He said that it had had a "tough journey". He went on to explain that its author died in 1982. Andrew read the old edition in 2007 when it was already out of print. He "fell in love with it" at that time, but it took him until early 2017 to find out who had the rights to this book. He discovered that it was a nephew who "had no idea that his uncle was a writer and that his uncle's literary estate had gone to him".

I hope this interesting background story which Andrew shared with me contributes to your enjoyment and appreciation of this book.

I've loved Boadicea/Boudicca's story for years. Hearing it from the perspective of the Roman general sounds really interesting to me! I like my history best when it's written in fiction.

Thanks for letting me read this! It might take me a little time, but I'll start on it right away!