End of Empire

<p>History remembers Attila the leader of the Huns as the Romans perceived him: a savage barbarian brutally inflicting terror on whoever crossed his path. Following Attila and the Huns from the steppes of Kazakhstan to the court of Constantinople Christopher Kelly portrays Attila in a compelling new light uncovering an unlikely marriage proposal a long-standing relationship with a treacherous Roman general and a thwarted assassination plot. We see Attila as both a master warrior and an astute strategist whose rule was threatening but whose sudden loss of power was even more so. <em>The End of Empire</em> is an original exploration of the clash between empire and barbarity in the ancient world full of contemporary resonance.</p>