Classic historical novel. According to the Preface: "e;To the fictitious characters alone is committed the task of representing the spirit of the age. The Roman emperor, Honorius, and the Gothic king, Alaric, mix but little personally in the business of thestory--onlyappearing in such events, and acting under such circumstances, as the records of history strictly authorise; but exact truth in respectto time, place, and circumstance is observed in every historicalevent introduced in the plot, from the period of the march of the Gothicinvaders over the Alps to the close of the first barbarianblockade of Rome. Les mer
Detaljer
- Forlag
- Seltzer Books
- Språk
- Engelsk
- Sider
- 267
- ISBN
- 9781455353408
- Utgivelsesår
- 2018