The sword of Attila
Gibbins, David J. L.2015
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AD 439: the Roman Empire is on the brink of collapse. With shocking speed a Vandal army has swept through the Roman provinces of Spain and north Africa, conquering Carthage and threatening Roman control of the Mediterranean. But a far greater threat lies to the east, a barbarian force born in the harsh steppelands of Asia, warriors of unparalleled savagery who will sweep all before them in their thirst for conquest - the army of Attila the Hun. For a small group of Roman soldiers and a mysterious British monk, the only defence is to rise above the corruption and weakness of the Roman emperors and hark back to the glory days of the Roman army centuries before, to find strength in history. But then they devise a plan of astonishing audacity that will take them to the heart of darkness itself, to the stronghold of the most feared warrior-king the world has ever known.
Main title:
The sword of Attila / David Gibbins.
Author:
Gibbins, David J. L., author
Work:
Imprint:
London : Pan Books, 2015.London : Pan Books, 2015.
Collation:
xiv, 270 pages : maps (black and white) ; 20 cm.
Series title:
ISBN:
9781447237112 (pbk)
Dewey class:
823.92FICTION
Language:
English
BRN:
1704791