Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth-Century Rome by Hella S. Haasse

Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth-Century Rome

Hella S. Haasse with Anita Miller (Translator), Nini Blinstrub (Translator)

255 pages first pub 1966 (editions)

fiction historical adventurous challenging slow-paced
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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 t...

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