The Bronze Sword
by Henry Treece
'I FEAR NEITHER YOUR SWORD NOR QUEEN'Drucus had been a soldier all his life. None had been braver in all the ranks of Caesar's legions.But now the old centurian had hung up his weapons and settled to the quiet life of a farmer in the distant land of Britain under the rule of Rome.Suddenly, the years of the sword had returned. Boudicca and her fierce tribesmen had come to raid and pillage.Old Drucus finds his courage is still as strong on the cold morning when the young warrior with the bronxe sword brings him the Queen's verdict on whether he is to live or die...