Threshold of Fire A Novel of Fifth-Century Rome |
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| Author:
| Haasse, Hella S. |
| Translator:
| Miller, Anita
Blinstrub, Nini |
| ISBN: | 978-1-61373-457-5 |
| Publication Date: | Mar 2015 |
| Publisher: | Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
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| Imprint: | Academy Chicago Publishers, Limited |
| Book Format: | Ebook |
| List Price: | USD $11.99 |
Book Description:
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It is 414 A.D. and the once-powerful Roman Empire is in its death throes--split between East and West, menaced by barbarian hordes almost literally at its gates. The Emperor Honorious cowers in the marsh-bound city of Ravenna, where he has moved the government. There is the Prefect Hadrian, a powerful official and fanatical Christian convert; Marcus Anicius, the pagan aristocrat who is clinging to a dyping past, and the Jew Eliezar ben Elijah, hemmed in by his own traditions and...
More DescriptionIt is 414 A.D. and the once-powerful Roman Empire is in its death throes--split between East and West, menaced by barbarian hordes almost literally at its gates. The Emperor Honorious cowers in the marsh-bound city of Ravenna, where he has moved the government. There is the Prefect Hadrian, a powerful official and fanatical Christian convert; Marcus Anicius, the pagan aristocrat who is clinging to a dyping past, and the Jew Eliezar ben Elijah, hemmed in by his own traditions and burdened by his dark vision of the future.