Bonduca by John Fletcher
The British Heroine
A rousing tragic drama that follows a fierce British queen who, enraged by Roman oppression and personal affronts, rallies her tribes in a widescale revolt; the play intertwines battlefield spectacle and courtly intrigue as her early successes give way to the disciplined might of Rome, culminating in the crushing of the uprising and the heroine’s tragic end, while probing themes of patriotism, tyranny, and the human cost of resistance.
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- Published
- 1647
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- English
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- English
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