The Resource Sword of Attila, David Gibbins
Sword of Attila, David Gibbins
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- Summary
- Sword of Attila begins with the fall of Carthage to the Vandals in AD 439. Rome has already been sacked by the Goths, Britain has been abandoned and the empire in the west is feeling the brunt of barbarian invasions laying waste to the provinces and leading to uneasy alliances with Germanic warlords. As the last remaining Romans flee Africa, a new and more ominous threat emerges, to Romans and their new allies alike-- a power from the east like no other since the days of the Persian empire, the Hun army under their general Attila. Can a small band of Roman officers, steeped in the tradition of the old ways, admirers of Polybius and Scipio and Caesar, bring back to Roman arms the glory that once made her great? Or is the idea of Rome now lost to history, a Rome where every second legionary is a barbarian, where it is the new warlords who see themselves as the true inheritors of Roman military glory? Only one final battle will tell, a battle that the last dying Sibyl had foretold would see the earth dry up and the rivers be replaced with torrents of gore, where the victors would be the ones who drank their own blood
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 271 pages
- Note
- "Based on the Total war series of strategy games developed by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA"--Jacket
- Isbn
- 9781250038951
- Label
- Sword of Attila
- Title
- Sword of Attila
- Statement of responsibility
- David Gibbins
- Subject
-
- Attila, -453 -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Carthage (Extinct city) -- History, Military -- Fiction
- Catalaunian Field, Battle of, 451 -- Fiction
- Generals -- Italy | Rome -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Huns -- Fiction
- Monks -- Fiction
- Rome (Italy) -- Army | Military life -- Fiction
- Rome (Italy) -- History -- Empire, 284-476 -- Fiction
- Visigoths -- Fiction
- War fiction
- Aetius, Flavius, -454 -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Sword of Attila begins with the fall of Carthage to the Vandals in AD 439. Rome has already been sacked by the Goths, Britain has been abandoned and the empire in the west is feeling the brunt of barbarian invasions laying waste to the provinces and leading to uneasy alliances with Germanic warlords. As the last remaining Romans flee Africa, a new and more ominous threat emerges, to Romans and their new allies alike-- a power from the east like no other since the days of the Persian empire, the Hun army under their general Attila. Can a small band of Roman officers, steeped in the tradition of the old ways, admirers of Polybius and Scipio and Caesar, bring back to Roman arms the glory that once made her great? Or is the idea of Rome now lost to history, a Rome where every second legionary is a barbarian, where it is the new warlords who see themselves as the true inheritors of Roman military glory? Only one final battle will tell, a battle that the last dying Sibyl had foretold would see the earth dry up and the rivers be replaced with torrents of gore, where the victors would be the ones who drank their own blood
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Gibbins, David J. L
- Dewey number
- 823/.92
- Illustrations
- maps
- Index
- no index present
- LC call number
- PR6107.I225
- LC item number
- S96 2015
- Literary form
- fiction
- Series statement
- Total war Rome
- Series volume
- 2
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Attila
- Aetius, Flavius
- Huns
- Generals
- Monks
- Visigoths
- Catalaunian Field, Battle of, 451
- Carthage (Extinct city)
- Rome (Italy)
- Rome (Italy)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- Sword of Attila, David Gibbins
- Note
- "Based on the Total war series of strategy games developed by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA"--Jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250038951
- Lccn
- 2014044384
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
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- ocn870285816
- (OCoLC)870285816
- Label
- Sword of Attila, David Gibbins
- Note
- "Based on the Total war series of strategy games developed by Creative Assembly and published by SEGA"--Jacket
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 24 cm.
- Edition
- First U.S. edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 271 pages
- Isbn
- 9781250038951
- Lccn
- 2014044384
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Other physical details
- maps
- System control number
-
- ocn870285816
- (OCoLC)870285816
Subject
- Attila, -453 -- Fiction
- Biographical fiction
- Carthage (Extinct city) -- History, Military -- Fiction
- Catalaunian Field, Battle of, 451 -- Fiction
- Generals -- Italy | Rome -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
- Huns -- Fiction
- Monks -- Fiction
- Rome (Italy) -- Army | Military life -- Fiction
- Rome (Italy) -- History -- Empire, 284-476 -- Fiction
- Visigoths -- Fiction
- War fiction
- Aetius, Flavius, -454 -- Fiction
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