TY - BOOK AU - Tampke,Ilka AU - Tampke,Ilka TI - Songwoman SN - 9781925603637 U1 - 823.92A823.4 23 PY - 2018/// CY - Melbourne, Victoria PB - Text Publishing KW - Historical fiction KW - Bards and bardism KW - fast KW - Guerrilla warfare KW - Women singers KW - Australian fiction KW - Novel KW - English KW - Australia KW - 21st century KW - Texts KW - Fiction KW - Great Britain KW - Wales KW - History KW - Roman period, 55 B.C.-449 A.D KW - To 1063 KW - Australian KW - Historical KW - Adult fiction KW - Print KW - gsafd KW - lcgft N1 - Sequel to: Skin N2 - One woman's quest to defend her culture. Haunted by the Roman attack that destroyed her home, Ailia flees to the remote Welsh mountains in search of the charismatic war king, Caradog, who is leading a guerrilla campaign against the encroaching army. Ailia proves herself an indispensable advisor to the war king, but as the bond between them deepens, she realises the terrible role she must play to save the soul of her country. Set in Iron-Age Britain, Songwoman is a powerful exploration of the ties between people and their land and what happens when they are broken ER -