Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth-Century RomeChicago Review Press, 1 aug 2005 - 255 pagina's In this vivid, dynamic novel, Hella Haasse has once more brought the past to life. This time she has chosen to illuminate a crucial, yet relatively obscure period of history: it is 414 A.D. and the once-powerful Roman Empire is in its death throes—split between East and West, menaced by barbarian hordes almost literally at its gates. The Emperor Honorius, an incompetent weakling, cowers in the marsh-bound city of Ravenna, where he has moved the government; he rarely "makes entry" into Rome. This is the brilliant canvas against which the characters in this drama interact. There is the Prefect Hadrian, a powerful official and fanatical Christian convert; there is Marcus Anicius, the pagan aristocrat who is clinging to a dying past, and there is the Jew Eliezar be Elijah, hemmed in by his own traditions and burdened by his dark vision of the future. There is the intrigue and uncertainty of life at Honorius's court, and there are the streets and tenements of Rome, pulsating with life and with corruption. |
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Pagina 10
... city and nearly captured Honorius. So he moved the government to Ravenna, which was set in the midst of marshy tracts and water, and thus protected from invasion. Honorius, as we see in Threshold of Fire, rarely made “entry” into Rome ...
... city and nearly captured Honorius. So he moved the government to Ravenna, which was set in the midst of marshy tracts and water, and thus protected from invasion. Honorius, as we see in Threshold of Fire, rarely made “entry” into Rome ...
Pagina 35
... City —” “Your insults can only make matters worse. Stop and think about your charming wife Sempronia whom I must still interrogate . . . You still refuse to answer? Niliacus will certainly tell me everything soon." “All I know is that ...
... City —” “Your insults can only make matters worse. Stop and think about your charming wife Sempronia whom I must still interrogate . . . You still refuse to answer? Niliacus will certainly tell me everything soon." “All I know is that ...
Pagina 36
... City, he is fully qualified — yes, required—to pronounce judgment in cases like these, behind closed doors, without jury, without counsel, without defense, and within twenty-four hours. It had not been his secretary's voice that he had ...
... City, he is fully qualified — yes, required—to pronounce judgment in cases like these, behind closed doors, without jury, without counsel, without defense, and within twenty-four hours. It had not been his secretary's voice that he had ...
Pagina 38
... be more Roman than the City's highest magistrate sitting in judgment on the dais, his sallow skin stretched, shining as if it were polished, over forehead, cheekbones and chin, eyes just as dark and opaque as the 38 THRESHOLD OF FIRE.
... be more Roman than the City's highest magistrate sitting in judgment on the dais, his sallow skin stretched, shining as if it were polished, over forehead, cheekbones and chin, eyes just as dark and opaque as the 38 THRESHOLD OF FIRE.
Pagina 41
... the Emperor's entry, there are many people in the City. When I was leaving Marcus Anicius Rufus's house that time, I saw how peaceful the garden was and filled with jasmine —” The Prefect is irritated by this The Prefect 41.
... the Emperor's entry, there are many people in the City. When I was leaving Marcus Anicius Rufus's house that time, I saw how peaceful the garden was and filled with jasmine —” The Prefect is irritated by this The Prefect 41.
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Threshold of Fire: A Novel of Fifth-Century Rome Hella S. Haasse,Anita Miller,Nini Blinstrub Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2005 |
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