Boudica
A First Collection
Through an exhilarating series of poems, Boudica's revolt is retold through the eyes of those who lived it. The Iceni culture, ritual practices and everyday life are captured in firsthand accounts, setting the stage for an epic journey through ancient Britain. The spiritual power of the old gods has never felt closer.
Boudica moves across three movements: an immersion in Iceni daily life and belief, the violence and ferocity of the uprising itself, and a reflective Aftermath — poems that ask what it means to stand in this landscape now and carry these voices forward.
The collection blends ancient narrative with contemporary landscape writing, finding in the broads, marshes, and ancient woodlands of East Anglia a living archaeology — a terrain where the past has never fully receded.
About the Collection
The collection has deep roots in East Anglian history and in Hector's immersion in the landscape of Norfolk — walking the Iceni heartland around Thetford, Caistor St Edmund, and the coastal marshes that Boudica's people would have known.
The style is literary and experimental, drawing on classical form while pressing it into unexpected shapes. These are not antique poems. They are voices — living, breathing, alive.