![]() ![]() Alliances, betrayal, assassination, gory battles, torture, and cruelty mark this blood-soaked historical, and Napier describes it all vividly and with sword-pounding impact. Already divided into two, the Imperium is looking dangerously vulnerable to her European rivals. ![]() The hitch: Aëtius and Attila are old friends from their exile days. Book List in Order: 8 titles Attila: The Scourge of God Sep-2005 / General Fiction Attila the Hun - 1 The dawn of the 5th century AD, and the Roman Empire totters on the edge of the abyss. Napier also smartly tells of events on the Roman side as conspiracies and rivalries split the Roman empire, and Aëtius, an out-of-favor Roman general, is tasked with saving Rome from the Hun invaders. Attila, bitter and full of hatred for Rome (and pretty much everybody else), is determined to destroy the Roman and Chinese empires, and the book is rife with Attila's bloody machinations as he murders his rivals, slaughters enemy armies, and uses guile and deception to amass allies. as Attila returns to claim the Hun throne after 30 years in exile. Attila: The Gathering of the Storm by William Napier 19.35 16.00 Customers who viewed this item also viewed From Publishers Weekly Read more Product details Publisher : St. The colorful story is told by a Roman scribe, Priscus of Panium, and begins in 441 A.D. ![]() ![]() The pseudonymous Napier continues his excellent portrayal of Attila's turbulent life in this second installment to his trilogy (after Attila ![]()
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