A Struggle for Rome: A Classic Novel of the Late Roman Empire-Volume 1

from Jamie638

This epic 1877 novel, magnificently translated from the German by Herb Parker, is one of the greatest historical novels I have ever read. It relates the tragic story of the last years of Gothic rule in Italy during the mid-6th century after the death of its greatest ruler Theodoric in 526 until i...

from robeik

One could consider this book as a long eulogy to the Ostrogoths, the branch of the Goths who dominated Italy in the 5th and 6th century. Starting with a strong base in Ravenna, eventually they are honourably and heroically defeated on the slopes of My Vesuvius. However, the story as told by Felix...

from robeik

One could consider this book as a long eulogy to the Ostrogoths, the branch of the Goths who dominated Italy in the 5th and 6th century. Starting with a strong base in Ravenna, eventually they are honourably and heroically defeated on the slopes of My Vesuvius. However, the story as told by Felix...

from Jamie638

This epic 1877 novel, magnificently translated from the German by Herb Parker, is one of the greatest historical novels I have ever read. It relates the tragic story of the last years of Gothic rule in Italy during the mid-6th century after the death of its greatest ruler Theodoric in 526 until i...

from robeik

One could consider this book as a long eulogy to the Ostrogoths, the branch of the Goths who dominated Italy in the 5th and 6th century. Starting with a strong base in Ravenna, eventually they are honourably and heroically defeated on the slopes of My Vesuvius. However, the story as told by Felix...