Two thousand years ago, as the Romans invade Britannia, the princess who will become the powerful queen of the great tribe of the Brigantes, watches the enemies of her people come ever closer Cartimandua's world is, from the start, a maelstrom of love and conflict revenge and retribution In the present day, Edinburgh-based historian, Viv Lloyd Rees, has immersed herself in the legends surrounding the Celtic queen She has written a book and is working on a dramatisation of the young queen's life with the help of actress, Pat Hebden