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

The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome
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Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Total Pages : 368
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ISBN-10 : 9780393072662
ISBN-13 : 0393072665
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Download or read book The End of Empire: Attila the Hun & the Fall of Rome written by Christopher Kelly and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2010-06-14 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "A thoughtful and sophisticated account of a notoriously complicated and controversial period." —R. I. Moore, Times Literary Supplement 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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