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Attila The Hun: Barbarian Terror and the Fall of the Roman Empire
Christopher Kelly
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Description for Attila The Hun: Barbarian Terror and the Fall of the Roman Empire
Paperback. Attila the Hun - godless barbarian and near-mythical warrior king - has become a byword for mindless ferocity. This book reveals the history of Attila the Hun as an astute politician and first-rate military commander who brilliantly exploited the strengths and weaknesses of the Roman empire. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; BGH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Attila the Hun - godless barbarian and near-mythical warrior king - has become a byword for mindless ferocity. His brutal attacks smashed through the frontiers of the Roman empire in a savage wave of death and destruction. His reign of terror shattered an imperial world that had been securely unified by the conquests of Julius Caesar five centuries before. This book goes in search of the real Attila the Hun. For the first time it reveals the history of an astute politician and first-rate military commander who brilliantly exploited the strengths and weaknesses of the Roman empire.
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Product Details
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781844139156
SKU
V9781844139156
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About Christopher Kelly
Christopher Kelly is a historian and classicist. He read classics and law at the University of Sydney in Australia before taking his doctorate at Trinity College, Cambridge. He stayed at Cambridge and is now a Fellow of Corpus Christi College, and was for five years its Senior Tutor. In 2006 he was awarded a Leverhulme Trust Major Research Fellowship. His ... Read more
Reviews for Attila The Hun: Barbarian Terror and the Fall of the Roman Empire
Christopher Kelly...gives a fine account of this complex story, unpicking its strands cleanly and persuasively
Literary Review
Learned, fluent and often witty study of the great Hunnish leader...Kelly is ideally qualified to write this account
Tom Holland
Daily Telegraph
Acute and entertaining biography set against the fall of the Roman Empire
Metro
Gripping ... Read more
Literary Review
Learned, fluent and often witty study of the great Hunnish leader...Kelly is ideally qualified to write this account
Tom Holland
Daily Telegraph
Acute and entertaining biography set against the fall of the Roman Empire
Metro
Gripping ... Read more