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Daughters of Fire

By: Barbara Erskine
Narrated by: Ffion Aynsley
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The sweeping new novel from the bestselling author of Hiding from the Light and Whispers in the Sand switches between Roman Britain and the present day where history dramatically impacts on the lives of three women.

The Romans are landing in Britannia…

Cartimandua, the young woman destined to rule the great Brigantes tribe, watches the invaders come ever closer. Her life has always been a maelstrom of love, conflict and revenge, but it only becomes more turbulent and complicated with power. Her political skills are threatened by her personal choices, and Cartimandua finds she has made formidable enemies on all sides as she faces a decision which will change the futures of all around her.

In the present day, historian Viv Lloyd Rees has immersed herself in the legends surrounding the Celtic queen. Viv struggles to hide her visions of Cartimandua and her conviction that they are real. But her obsession becomes more persistent when she finds an ancient brooch that carries a curse. Bitter rivalries and overwhelming passions are reawakened as past envelops present and Viv finds herself in the greatest danger of her life.

©2008 Barbara Erskine (P)2024 HarperCollins Publishers Epic Fantasy Fantasy Fiction Historical Romance Women's Fiction Royalty

Critic reviews

‘Riveting timeslip novel.’ Fanny Blake, Woman and Home

‘A fascinating spotlight on a dark age.’ Bella
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Good old early days Erskine story telling. The narrator did a great job bringing the story and the characters alive

Brilliant

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The reader did not achieve sufficient difference of tone or accent among the female characters to always make it clear which character was speaking.

Well written. Loved the to and fro between past and present and the taking up of the history by one character and then another.

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Really liked this book, fascinating characters. However I felt that it went on too long, and didn’t like all the many long sounding names of people.

Fascinating story

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Great story, very atmospheric, the only part that i found irritating, was the narrator reading out the sub chapter number, I don’t know why they were there, you’d be engrossed in a great bit of dialogue and suddenly they’d be a 3’ and then return to dialogue,

What a story!

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Im a long term Barbara Erskine fan and love her style of writing. However, I found this one to be overly complex, almost boring in parts and it could have been more concise. She has written many better sagas.

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