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Book Synopsis The Story of Attila in Prose by : Roberto Pesce
Download or read book The Story of Attila in Prose written by Roberto Pesce and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-09-27 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Story of Attila in Prose is the first critical edition and translation of the thirteenth century Franco-Italian prose text the Estoire d’Atile en prose. Preserved in two anonymous and untitled manuscripts composed between the last quarter of the thirteenth century and the beginning of the fourteenth century, the story recounts the fictional founding of Venice after the invasion of Aquileia by Attila the Hun. The manuscripts, located in Zagreb and Venice, detail Attila’s pagan mother, her union with a dog, and his feral birth, as well as his unusual death during a chess match and the origins of the Holy Grail. This edition and translation are based on the Zagreb manuscript, which was only recently discovered. The book includes a full critical apparatus containing rejected readings and variants from the Venetian manuscript, and a thorough introduction that discusses the literary value of the text, its possible sources, and its influence on later literature. It is important reading for both historians of medieval Europe and literary critics.
Download or read book Attila written by Ross Laidlaw and published by Birlinn. This book was released on 2011-08-12 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Early fifth century AD. The Western Roman Empire has been overrun by German tribes. Too weak to expel them, the Imperial government has been forced to grant federate status to the invaders. Aetius, the last of the great Roman generals, becomes the virtual ruler of the West over the heads of a weak and vicious emperor and his ambitious mother. In a series of brilliant campaigns, he takes on the German tribes and forces them to settle peacefully. Meanwhile, his old friend Attila, leader of the Huns, launches a devastating attack on the Eastern Empire, before turning on the West. He is confronted by Aetius, now his bitter enemy. In the epic battle that ensues, the stakes for Attila and Aetius could not be higher as the fates of empires of both Romans and Huns hang in the balance. This arresting novel deals with the rivalry between two great men whose friendship turns to enmity. Attila becomes corrupted by power, while Aetius is ennobled by it. Ross Laidlaw's masterful portrayal of these two figures is based on his extensive knowledge of the period and is written in a narrative style that vividly evokes the brutality, decadence and desperation of this fascinating time in European history.
Book Synopsis The Death of Attila by : Cecelia Holland
Download or read book The Death of Attila written by Cecelia Holland and published by Open Road Media. This book was released on 2014-04-01 with total page 313 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Death of Attila, the great Hun leader dominates the late Roman world; in his shadow, a Hun warrior and a German princeling form a fragile comradeship. When Attila dies, the world around them crumbles, and the two men face terrible choices.
Book Synopsis Attila's Treasure by : Stephan Grundy
Download or read book Attila's Treasure written by Stephan Grundy and published by The Three Little Sisters. This book was released on 2023-10-18 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Attila’s Treasures continues the story of Hagen from Grundy’s earlier novel Rhinegold, as he is taken as a prisoner by a group of nomadic Huns. Book Details Author: Stephan Grundy Publisher: The Three Little Sisters Language: English Paperback: 409 pages ISBN: 978-1-959350-23-1 Item Weight: 1.69 pounds Dimensions: 6x9 inches
Book Synopsis The Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse by : Ivan Repila
Download or read book The Boy Who Stole Attila's Horse written by Ivan Repila and published by Pushkin Press. This book was released on 2015-11-24 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'It looks impossible to get out,' he says. And also: 'But we'll get out.' Two brothers, Big and Small, are trapped at the bottom of a well, stalked by madness and with no means of escape. Struggling for sustenance and clinging to sanity, Big forges a plan to free his little brother. Fast-paced and rich in metaphor, this extraordinary new story poses questions of fight, survival and solidarity when people are faced with devastation. Powerful, disquieting and highly original, Repila's unique allegory explores with bravery and emotion the depths of human desperation and, ultimately, our almost unending capacity for hope. From the Trade Paperback edition.
Book Synopsis Victory Secrets of Attila the Hun by : Wess Roberts
Download or read book Victory Secrets of Attila the Hun written by Wess Roberts and published by Dell. This book was released on 2012-06-20 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This sequel to Leadership Secrets of Attila the Hun goes beyond the first book's focus on individual leadership and applies Attila's wisdom and lessons to the challenges of leadership in organizations. As essential for business managers and leaders as its now classic predecessor.
Book Synopsis The Enemies of Rome: From Hannibal to Attila the Hun by : Philip Matyszak
Download or read book The Enemies of Rome: From Hannibal to Attila the Hun written by Philip Matyszak and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2009-04-06 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Matyszak writes clearly and engagingly . . . nicely produced, with ample maps and illustrations." —Classical Outlook This engrossing book looks at the growth and eventual demise of Rome from the viewpoint of the peoples who fought against it. Here is the reality behind such legends as Spartacus the gladiator, as well as the thrilling tales of Hannibal, the great Boudicca, the rebel leader and Mithridates, the connoisseur of poisons, among many others. Some enemies of Rome were noble heroes and others were murderous villains, but each has a unique and fascinating story.
Download or read book Happiness written by Aminatta Forna and published by Atlantic Monthly Press. This book was released on 2018-03-06 with total page 367 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The prize-winning author of The Memory of Love investigates London’s hidden nature and marginalized communities in this fascinating novel. London, 2014. A fox makes its way across Waterloo Bridge. The distraction causes two pedestrians to collide—Jean, an American studying the habits of urban foxes, and Attila, a Ghanaian psychiatrist. Attila has arrived in London with two tasks: to deliver a keynote speech on trauma, and to contact a friend’s daughter Ama, his “niece” who hasn’t called home in a while. Ama has been swept up in an immigration crackdown, and now her young son Tano is missing. Jean offers to help Attila by mobilizing her network volunteer fox spotters. Soon, rubbish men, security guards, hotel doormen, traffic wardens—mainly West African immigrants who work the myriad streets of London—come together to help. As the search for Tano continues, a deepening friendship between Attila and Jean unfolds. Attila’s time in London causes him to question his own ideas about trauma, the values of the society he finds himself in, and a personal grief of his own. In this delicate tale of love and loss, of thoughtless cruelty and unexpected community, Aminatta Forna asks us to consider our co-existence with one another and all living creatures, and the true nature of happiness.
Download or read book Malgudi Days written by R. K. Narayan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2006-08-29 with total page 292 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four gems, with new introductions, mark acclaimed Indian writer R. K. Narayan's centennial Introducing this collection of stories, R. K. Narayan describes how in India "the writer has only to look out of the window to pick up a character and thereby a story." Composed of powerful, magical portraits of all kinds of people, and comprising stories written over almost forty years, Malgudi Days presents Narayan's imaginary city in full color, revealing the essence of India and of human experience. This edition includes an introduction by Pulitzer Prize- winning author Jhumpa Lahiri. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Book Synopsis Ballad of the Whiskey Robber by : Julian Rubinstein
Download or read book Ballad of the Whiskey Robber written by Julian Rubinstein and published by Back Bay Books. This book was released on 2007-09-03 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: DESCRIPTION: Elmore Leonard meets Franz Kafka in the wild, improbably true story of the legendary outlaw of Budapest. Attila Ambrus was a gentleman thief, a sort of Cary Grant--if only Grant came from Transylvania, was a terrible professional hockey goalkeeper, and preferred women in leopard-skin hot pants. During the 1990s, while playing for the biggest hockey team in Budapest, Ambrus took up bank robbery to make ends meet. Arrayed against him was perhaps the most incompetent team of crime investigators the Eastern Bloc had ever seen: a robbery chief who had learned how to be a detective by watching dubbed Columbo episodes; a forensics man who wore top hat and tails on the job; and a driver so inept he was known only by a Hungarian word that translates to Mound of Ass-Head. BALLAD OF THE WHISKEY ROBBER is the completely bizarre and hysterical story of the crime spree that made a nobody into a somebody, and told a forlorn nation that sometimes the brightest stars come from the blackest holes. Like The Professor and the Madman and The Orchid Thief, Julian Rubinsteins bizarre crime story is so odd and so wicked that it is completely irresistible.
Book Synopsis Attila and His Conquerors by : Elizabeth Rundle Charles
Download or read book Attila and His Conquerors written by Elizabeth Rundle Charles and published by DigiCat. This book was released on 2022-06-13 with total page 219 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Attila and His Conquerors: A Story of the Days of St. Patrick and St. Leo the Great" by Elizabeth Charles is yet another example of a book that was almost lost to time. A prolific writer, Charles wrote about her devout faith in her books and "Attila and His Conquerors" is no different. A story of two saints and Christianity, the book is equal parts eloquent prose and historical fiction that has continued to entice readers after over a century.
Book Synopsis The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Literature and Art by : John Denison Champlin
Download or read book The Young Folks' Cyclopædia of Literature and Art written by John Denison Champlin and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 624 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Threshold of English Prose by : H. A. Treble
Download or read book The Threshold of English Prose written by H. A. Treble and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-06-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1930, this book was written to provide younger readers with examples from various forms of English prose, excluding the novel. The text is divided into seven main sections encompassing essays, letters, biography, travel writing, nature writing, history and public speeches. Each section begins with an editorial introduction and exercises are included at the end. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in English prose and the history of education.
Book Synopsis Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries by : Henry Hallam
Download or read book Introduction to the Literature of Europe in the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries written by Henry Hallam and published by . This book was released on 1847 with total page 622 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The South Atlantic Quarterly by : John Spencer Bassett
Download or read book The South Atlantic Quarterly written by John Spencer Bassett and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 790 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Introduction to the Literature of Europe ... Fourth Edition by : Henry Hallam
Download or read book Introduction to the Literature of Europe ... Fourth Edition written by Henry Hallam and published by . This book was released on 1854 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Horae pedestres, or prose works; excepting those on botany and natural history.-Attila, king of the Huns: Supplement to books 8, 11, 12 by : William Herbert
Download or read book Horae pedestres, or prose works; excepting those on botany and natural history.-Attila, king of the Huns: Supplement to books 8, 11, 12 written by William Herbert and published by . This book was released on 1842 with total page 424 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
