![]() ![]() The book deals with Attila’s boyhood in Rome and his attempts to return to his people. I can normally get through a book this size in a few days, a week at most but this took weeks because I really didn’t enjoy it, I didn’t look forward to reading it at all and couldn’t have cared less what happened to the pompous little Attila. The first half of the book is extremely tedious. It turns out I should have just bought a textbook on the Huns. Michael Williams, stick with him through the tedious Christian history because the Barbarian section is brilliant) (small disclaimer before we proceed: I actually really enjoyed tha module, just in case anyone going to Maynooth reads this, it’s taught by Dr. ![]() ![]() I decided this was false advertising so I bought The Attila trilogy by William Napier to fill in the gaps hopefully in an enjoyable way. Roughly 4 months of lectures, study, exams, essay and there was not one mention of Attila the Hun. I recently completed a module on the Later Roman Empire called Christians, Barbarians and the Fall of Rome. Attila: The end of the world will come from the East by William Napier ![]()
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