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The End of Empire – Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome

By Christopher Kelly

Book information

Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Year
2019
ISBN
0393338495, 9780393338492
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
708 kB (725280 bytes)
Edition
Illustrated
Pages
368\0
Time added
2017-05-10 14:16:38

Description

History remembers Attila, the leader of the Huns, as the Romans perceived him: a savage barbarian brutally inflicting terror on whoever crossed his path. Following Attila and the Huns from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the court of Constantinople, Christopher Kelly portrays Attila in a compelling new light, uncovering an unlikely marriage proposal, a long-standing relationship with a treacherous Roman general, and a thwarted assassination plot. We see Attila as both a master warrior and an astute strategist whose rule was threatening but whose sudden loss of power was even more so. The End of Empire is an original exploration of the clash between empire and barbarity in the ancient world, full of contemporary resonance.

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