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Patrick Howarth.
Attila, King of the Huns: The Man and the Myth.
Published London: Robinson, 2001 (hardback was 1994).
ISBN 184119428X;
ISBN-13: 9781841194288.
Binding: paperback, perfect bound.
Printed in the EU.
Size: 129x195x17mm.
Page count: text 250pp; plates 12pp.
Main language: English.
Overall condition fair: this copy has some scuffs and creases on the covers, some wear at the edges and corners, some faint creasing to the spine; a split to the binding before the title page, though no pages are detached; pages somewhat yellowed with age; text appears to be of marking.

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Weight without packaging: 246g.

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Contents: A much-maligned people; Huns move west; Tribal warfare; Magnet of empire; Attila becomes king; Attila's kingdom; Threat to Constantinople; The city Constantine built; Court of Theodosius II; Plot to murder Attila; Murder plot discovered; Weakness of the west; Empress in Ravenna; Revival of the western Empire; Proposal of marriage; Invasion of France; Battle is joined; Catalunian fields; Invasion of Italy; The cities of Lombardy fall; Attila & the pope; The wedding night & after; Sons of Attila; Empires dissolve; The Huns & their successors; Nibelung & Edda; Venetian & French portrayals; Drama & opera; "The Hun is at the gate"; The Hungarian tradition.

Notes: at end of book
Tables: no
Illustrations: 12 pages of monochrome plates
Maps & plans: no
Genealogies: no
Chronology: no
Glossary: no
Bibliography: 3pp
Index: yes

See also | Attila the Hun | Barbarians |
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