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Warrior Daughter
  • Published: 31 August 2009
  • ISBN: 9780141916842
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

Warrior Daughter



A powerful and lusty historical novel of Iron-age Scotland's warrior queens

2,000 years ago on the Isle of Skye, a warrior is born.

Daughter of an Iron Age warrior queen, Skaaha is wild, headstrong and revered. But she is also a child, and when a chariot race leaves her mother dead and the queen's rival Mara in her place, Skaaha's charmed life lies in ruins.

Vulnerable, her future imperilled, Skaaha seeks to forge a life beyond the new queen's reach. But with rumour, fear and danger sweeping the island, she cannot remain unmoved. Broken by brutal misfortune, alone in a world of mistrust, Skaaha must unearth the courage to confront her enemies in defence of her people.

Illuminated by the great Celtic fire festivals, Warrior Daughter is inspired by the historical Scathach, a fierce warrior woman of the first century AD and forerunner to the equally ferocious Boudicca.

  • Published: 31 August 2009
  • ISBN: 9780141916842
  • Imprint: Penguin eBooks
  • Format: EBook
  • Pages: 400

About the author

Janet Paisley

Janet Paisley's oeuvre includes five poetry collections, two of short fiction, a novella and numerous plays, radio, TV and film scripts. Her many prizes include a prestigious Creative Scotland Award (Not For Glory, stories), a Peggy Ramsay award (Refuge, a play) and a BAFTA nomination (Long Haul, short film). Her poetry and stories have been translated into seven languages and are widely anthologised. White Rose Rebel is her first novel.

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