| Antonina, or The fall of Rome Contributor(s): Edorial, Tao (Editor), Collins, Wilkie (Author) |
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ISBN: 1976010691 ISBN-13: 9781976010699 Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform OUR PRICE: $19.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2017 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections - Language Arts & Disciplines |
| Physical Information: 1.09" H x 6" W x 9" (1.57 lbs) 540 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A romance of the fifth century, in which many of the scenes described in the 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ' are reset to suit the purpose of the author. Only two historical personages are introduced into the story, - the Emperor Honorius, and Alaric the Goth; and these attain only a secondary importance. Among the historical incidents used are the arrival of the Goths at the gates of Rome, the Famine, the last efforts of the besieged, the Treaty of Peace, the introduction of the Dragon of Brass, and the collection of the ransom, - most of these accounts being founded on the chronicles of Zosimus. This book does not show the intricacy of plot and clever construction of the author's modern society stories; but it is full of action, vivid in color, and sufficiently close to history to convey a dramatic sense of the Rome of Honorius and the closing-in of the barbarian |