β Scribed by Napier, William
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The pseudonymous Napier continues his excellent portrayal of Attila's turbulent life in this second installment to his trilogy (after Attila). The colorful story is told by a Roman scribe, Priscus of Panium, and begins in 441 A.D. as Attila returns to claim the Hun throne after 30 years in exile. Attila, bitter and full of hatred for Rome (and pretty much everybody else), is determined to destroy the Roman and Chinese empires, and the book is rife with Attila's bloody machinations as he murders his rivals, slaughters enemy armies, and uses guile and deception to amass allies. Napier also smartly tells of events on the Roman side as conspiracies and rivalries split the Roman empire, and AΓ«tius, an out-of-favor Roman general, is tasked with saving Rome from the Hun invaders. The hitch: AΓ«tius and Attila are old friends from their exile days. Alliances, betrayal, assassination, gory battles, torture, and cruelty mark this blood-soaked historical, and Napier describes it all vividly and with sword-pounding impact. (June)
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"Alliances, betrayal, assassination, gory battles, torture and cruelty mark this blood-soaked historical, and Napier describes it all vividly and with sword-pounding impact."
-- Publishers Weekly
"If you think you don't like historical fiction, you haven't read William Napier." --_The Times _(UK)
"A rattling good yarn...Napier tells a great story...I couldn't put it down." --_Big Issue _(UK)
"A gripping novel." --_Daily Mail_ (UK)
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### From Publishers Weekly The pseudonymous Napier continues his excellent portrayal of Attila's turbulent life in this second installment to his trilogy (after *Attila*). The colorful story is told by a Roman scribe, Priscus of Panium, and begins in 441 A.D. as Attila returns to claim the Hun thro