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Highlights
- AD 441: The Roman Empire, though bruised and battered, is far from defeated.
- About the Author: William Napier is the pseudonym of a British author and journalist.
- 352 Pages
- Fiction + Literature Genres, Historical
- Series Name: Attila
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About the Book
The second novel in Napier's internationally bestselling, acclaimed trilogy set during the reign of the Roman Empire.Book Synopsis
AD 441: The Roman Empire, though bruised and battered, is far from defeated. Though her coffers are empty, the Visigoths and the Vandals are settling peacefully within her borders, no longer enemies. It is another tribe that will bring down this thousand-year-old colussus: a tribe from far to the East - united under one leader for the first time. For Attila has returned...
In exile, he has wandered for thirty years with his anger and ambition growing day by day. Now he has returned to seize the throne. He will bring together all the Hunnish clans across the vast wilderness of Scythia, and hammer them into a single mightly army. Only then will he finally turn to face the tottering Roman Empire.Review Quotes
"Alliances, betrayal, assassination, gory battles, torture and cruelty mark this blood-soaked historical, and Napier describes it all vividly and with sword-pounding impact." --Publishers Weekly
"If you think you don't like historical fiction, you haven't read William Napier." --The Times (UK) "A rattling good yarn...Napier tells a great story...I couldn't put it down." --Big Issue (UK) "A gripping novel." --Daily Mail (UK)About the Author
William Napier is the pseudonym of a British author and journalist. As Napier, he is the author of the internationally bestselling Attila trilogy: Attila, Attila: The Gathering of the Storm, and Attila: The Judgment. He was born in 1965 and educated in Cheltenham, Oxford and London. He lives in Wiltshire and travels widely.