The Mistletoe and Sword [antikvár]

B This story happened in England in a.d. 60-61. It is entirely based on history and follows in every particular the only contemporary sources that we have, The Annals of Tacitus and the Roman History of Dio Cassius. Dozens of authors have since speculated on the facts offered by these two sources; I have consulted most of these and found that Boadicea; Warrior Queen of the Britons by Lewis Spence (London, 1937) is the most detailed and convincing. Boadicea, her daughters, the evil procurator, the governor, Suetonius Paulinus, Seneca, and General PetiUius CereaHs are all historical characters, so was Postumus Poenius, prefect of the Second Legion, who actually behaved in the mysterious way I have shown, though I have used my own interpretation of why he did so. It may be interesting to know that General Petillius Cereahs of the Ninth Legion himself became governor of Britain ten years after this story ends. A very good governor. There is much uncertainty as to the extent of Druidism