StarAstrologer - Books : The Scourge of God
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Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780060735081
ISBN: 0060735082
Label: HarperTorch
Manufacturer: HarperTorch
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 384
Publication Date: February 01, 2006
Publisher: HarperTorch
Release Date: January 31, 2006
Sales Rank: 77404
Studio: HarperTorch
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For fans of the movie Gladiator comes this bloody account of the clashing of civilizations, as Attila the Hun, "The Scourge of God," struggles to overthrow the Roman Empire.
The Roman Empire is weakening. In 367 AD, approximately eight years after the great battle at Hadrian's Wall, Roman garrisons begin to hear rumors of barbarian tribes massing to the north. By 449 AD, Attila, the ruler of the Huns, has become the continent's most powerful monarch, his reputation in battle earning him the title "The Scourge of God."
Anticipating an imminent attack by the Huns, Roman leaders negotiate with one of Attila's lieutenants, convincing him to play the part of assassin. He is joined on his mission by a Roman citizen, Jonas, an ambassador dispatched to negotiate a peace treaty with the Huns. When the plot is discovered, Jonas becomes a hostage, forced to fight for his captors if he wishes to remain alive. But he soon learns that Attila intends to conquer Rome itself, and is caught between two mighty empires, both poised for one of the greatest conflicts the world has ever seen. Jonas, knowing his life could be forfeit, has the potential to tip the battle in either direction––and his decision will alter the face of Western civilization.
For readers of historically nuanced thrillers and adventure stories by authors like Bernard Cornwell and Colleen McCullough.
For readers interested in Roman and Barbarian culture and warfare.
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The Battle of Châlons in the summer of AD 451, also called the Battle of Nations for the wide variety of peoples and cultures that fought to a standstill there, was one of the most important defining moments in the history of the West. Because if the other side had won that day, our world would be a very, very different place. Attila, the kagan of the Huns, after a number of years of bloody raids against the eastern regions of the declining Roman Empire, and also against the other Romanized and ... Read More
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I was disappointed and bored with this novel. I think a major part of the problem was the writing, which I found clumsy and awkward. It could also have been the female protagonist, Ilana, whom I wanted to kick very soon after finding out more about her. However, even more than these, the problem was Dietrich's portrayal of the Huns, and the Huns here are important: we're dealing with the clash of two civilizations in decline, and Huns are one of these two civilizations. If you mess up The Scourge, ... Read More
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Generally speaking I have a policy about epic books and that is they have to be long. After all if you're telling a tale of an epic battle, or generations in a family life, or about two civilizations clashing together (or crumbling) shouldn't it be long? Shouldn't there be hundreds and hundreds of pages to mull over, to fit every detail into it and every perspective? Most of the time, it suits an epic to be long. But occasionally there comes around an author who manages to cram an epic into about 300 ... Read More
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Mostly following fictional Jonas Alabanda, the novel is a great historical fiction, not anything astounding like Valerio Massimo Manfredi, Steven Pressfield, or Colleen McCullough, but it was an enjoyable novel about a period of history I am unfamiliar with.
Attila is greatly portrayed as a mastermind of leadership and organization, without whom the Huns are as mindless as a pack of dogs without an alpha. At the same moment, he is still a Hun, and has his own flaws in the form of his short ... Read More
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Attila the Hun is, along with Genghis Khan, the most famous barbarian of history. Marshaling the nomadic Hunnish tribes under his banner, he marched out of the steppes across most of Europe, almost bringing down Rome until he lost to the Roman general Aetius at the infamous Battle of Chalons. A warrior's warrior, Attila is one of those rare figures whose real-life exploits can be used to frighten small children - be good, or Attila will come for you!
William Dietrich ("Hadrian's Wall") fleshes ... Read More
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