Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth Century Rome - Couverture souple

Haasse, Hella S.

 
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Synopsis

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 the government. There is the Prefect Hadrian, a powerful official and fanatical Christian convert; Marcus Anicius, the pagan aristocrat who is clinging to a dyping past, and the Jew Eliezar ben Elijah, hemmed in by his own traditions and burdened by his dark vision of the future.

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À propos de l?auteur

Hella S. Haasse has written 17 novels as well as poetry, plays and essays, and has received many honors and awards including the Netherlands State Award for Literature. Her books have been translated into English, French, German, Swedish, Italian, Hungarian, Serbo-Croatian and Welsh.

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ISBN 10 :  089733390X ISBN 13 :  9780897333900
Editeur : Academy Chicago Publishers, 2005
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