{"product_id":"9780312598990","title":"Attila: The Gathering of the Storm : A Novel","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eAttila: The Gathering of the Storm\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): William Napier\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eAD 441: The Roman Empire, though bruised and battered, is far from defeated. Though her coffers are empty, the Visigoths and the Vandals are settling peacefully within her borders, no longer enemies.  It is another tribe that will bring down this thousand-year-old colussus: a tribe from far to the East - united under one leader for the first time. For Attila has returned...\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn exile, he has wandered for thirty years with his anger and ambition growing day by day.  Now he has returned to seize the throne.  He will bring together all the Hunnish clans across the vast wilderness of Scythia, and hammer them into a single mightly army.  Only then will he finally turn to face the tottering Roman Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Alliances, betrayal, assassination, gory battles, torture and cruelty mark this blood-soaked historical, and Napier describes it all vividly and with sword-pounding impact.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“If you think you don't like historical fiction, you haven't read William Napier.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Times (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A rattling good yarn...Napier tells a great story...I couldn't put it down.” —\u003ci\u003eBig Issue (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A gripping novel.” —\u003ci\u003eDaily Mail (UK)\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9780312598990\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"St. Martin's Griffin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback \/ softback","offer_id":40592958849230,"sku":"9780312598990","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_eacb208a-3a99-4edd-bc84-e0c1d8e96bbd.jpg?v=1637778411","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9780312598990","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}