The novelist discusses the theory that the Lindow Man was a high-born druid sacrificed during the Roman conquest of Britain, and considers a connection to Boudica, the Iceni and the ‘Golden Twist’.
Nearly 2,000 years ago, during the early years of Roman Britain, Boudica, victim of Roman injustice, raised the Iceni in rebellion against Rome. During August 1984, a mysterious link with the Iceni Revolt may have been uncovered. The remnants of a male peat body were...