Napier (pseudonym of Christopher Hart) is a talented storyteller who pulls serpentine plots and big action sequences from historical fact, creating a muscular portrayal of fifth-century warfare between the Hun hordes and the crumbling Roman empire. Much of the story is taken up with gruesome descriptions of all manner of violence, pushed along by secret alliances, assassination plots, trickery, spy networks, and promises of mercy made and broken. As Attila and his warriors burn and kill across central Europe, the two Roman emperors, Valentinian in Rome and Theodosius in Constantinople, dither, bicker, and plot against each other, both relying on a disgraced but able Roman general, Aëtius, to save the empire. as he begins a ruthless campaign of slaughter in revenge for Roman atrocities. The Empire of Rome.Napier wraps up his Attila trilogy on an exciting and gory note, picking up where Attila: The Gathering of the Storm left off, with Attila's invasion of the Roman empire in 449 C.E. (2008) ISBN 10: 075286114X ISBN 13: 9780752861142 New Hardcover First Edition Quantity: 2 Seller: Collector's Corner (Worthing, United Kingdom) Rating Seller Rating: Book Description Hardcover. An empire full of gold and silver and dark eyed slavegirls… Attila Napier, William Published by Orion, U. And far to the west lies a promised empire both fabulously wealthy and tottering to its knees.
His power is mysterious and inexpressible, his strength of character and iron will cannot be opposed. But all will flock to his banner, answer his call. For Attila and his chosen men must triumph over blizzards and deserts, bandit kings and hidden mountain kingdoms, and furious battle with the terrible Kutrigur Huns. He will ride out at the head of no more than one hundred chosen men, driven by the ambition to unite all the feuding Hunnish and Scythian tribes under single banner and a single king. Attila has returned, his sentence served, to claim his kingdom. One stormy autumn day, a mysterious rider is seen out on the plains.
The young boy exiled thirty years ago has grown into a man.
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