Attila - Brossura

Man, John

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0593054210 ISBN 13: 9780593054215

Casa editrice: Bantam Press, 2005

Riassunto

The name Attila the Hun has become a byword for barbarism, savagery and violence. His is a truly household name, but what do we really know about the man himself, his position in history and the world in which he lived? This riveting biography reveals the man behind the myth. In the years 434-454AD the fate of Europe hung upon the actions of one man, Attila, king of the Huns. The decaying Roman empire still stood astride the Western World, from its twin capitals of Rome and Constantinople, but it was threatened by a new force, the much-feared Barbarian hordes. It was Attila who united the Barbarian tribes into a single, amazingly-effective army. He launched two violent attacks against the eastern and western halves of the Roman empire, attacks which earned him his reputation for mindless devastation, and brought an end to Rome's pre-eminence in Europe. Attila was coarse, capricious, arrogant, ruthless and brilliant. An illiterate and predatory tribal chief, he had no interest in administration, but was a wily politician, who, from his base in the grasslands of Hungary, used secretaries and ambassadors to bring him intelligence on his enemies. He was a leader whose unique qualiti

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L'autore

John Man is a historian and travel writer with a special interest in Mongolia. His Gobi: Tracking the Desert was the first book on the subject in English since the 1920s. He is also the author of The Atlas of the Year 1000; Alpha Beta (on the roots of the Roman alphabet), The Gutenberg Revolution and Genghis Khan.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: Bantam Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 0593054210
• ISBN 13: 9780593054215
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 336
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