The Night Attila Died Hardcover - 2005
by Babcock, Michael A
- Used
- Hardcover
Before Saddam, before Hitler, before Napoleon...
...there was Attila, the reviled leader of the Huns who cut a bloody swath of death across fifth-century Europe. Yet, for all his barbarian savagery, it took a mere nosebleed to end his life. At least that's how history has recorded it-a curious footnote to a legacy rife with violence.
But history happens to be wrong.
Michael Babcock, a noted philologist and recognized authority on the life and legend of Attila, makes a stunning revelation: "The Scourge of God" died as he lived...
Attila was murdered.
Using careful analysis of textual and historical evidence, Babcock lays out his argument like a skilled trial lawyer. He puts the reader in the jury box as he presents the evidence pointing to an assassination plot and subsequent cover-up, orchestrated by Attila's chief rival, Marcian, emperor of the Eastern Roman Empire.
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Details
- Title The Night Attila Died
- Author Babcock, Michael A
- Binding Hardcover
- Edition Book Club Edition.
- Condition New
- Pages 324
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Berkley Pub Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date 2005
- Illustrated Yes
- Bookseller's Inventory # 6818
- ISBN 9780425202722 / 0425202720
- Weight 1.29 lbs (0.59 kg)
- Dimensions 9.28 x 6.36 x 0.96 in (23.57 x 16.15 x 2.44 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Murder - Europe, Attila - Death and burial
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 2005045708
- Dewey Decimal Code B