Other hostages, namely the Vandal Princes Gesaric & Beric become his protagonists, they appearing in a few scenes. The Emperor & Princess Galla are front & centre in Attila’s world too along with various others namely a servant & a soldier, all who have some way influenced a young Attila as we read of his early life at the hands of Rome. General Stilicho & his wife Serena are a coupla who feature in Attila’s life, somewhat surrogate parents to him in an otherwise hostile environment. The players are thus introduced, one being a hostage, that of Attila as a boy in Rome alongside other barbarian leaders sons, his grandfather King Uldin (of the Huns) having just fought alongside the Romans. Man of Nazareth by Anthony Burgess (1979 First Edition Hardback) £30.Rome C AD408 is laid out to us as an Empire on the edge of collapse, it’s allies the Huns alongside Roman forces under the command of General Stilicho defeat the barbarian hordes & Rome is saved (for now).One who wanted to destroy the world, and one who fought one final battle to save it…Īlso see our Medieval & Byzantine Historysection. It is a story of two men: Attila the Hun and Aetius the Roman. Thus begins a saga of warfare, lust and power which brought the whole of the Christian world to its knees – and ended in blood on the fields of France. And his name is Attila – ‘the Scourge of God.’ For these so called ‘Huns’ now have a new leader. A strange nation of primitive horse-warriors has been striking terror on border peoples for fifty years. The huge barbarian tribes of the Vandals and Visigoths sense that their time is upon them.īut, unbeknownst to all these great players, a new power is rising in the East. Already divided into two, the Imperium is looking dangerously vulnerable to her European rivals.
The dawn of the 5th century AD, and the Roman Empire totters on the edge of the abyss. Synopsis of Attila by William Napier (Attila Trilogy Book 1): 341 clean tanned inside pages of English text, no inscriptions. Dust Jacket over very good condition brown cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine.
Intact DJ spine slightly creased to top and bottom. Intact clean condition pictorial dust jacket with slight creasing to edges, slight signs of handling. Publication Print Number line: 1 3 5 7 9 10 8 6 4 2. Very Good condition used 2005 First Edition/ First Print Hardback with intact unclipped Dust Jacket. Attila by William Napier (Attila Trilogy Book 1) Condition and Description:
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