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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Kelley Armstrong. K3 - "Se - Kelley Armstrong Samenzwering RS de Darkness Rising-trilogie Roo N- - - T 3 oy Kelley Armstrong Samenzwering de Darkness Rising-trilogie *Vertaald door Selma Soester. Front Cover.
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... .com. Lees ook van Scarlett St. Clair bij Uitgeverij Zomer & Keuning: Hades x Persephone-serie: A touch of darkness A touch of ruin A touch of malice A touch of chaos Scarlett St. Clair A touch of darkness HADES X PERSEPHONE-SERIE.
... .com. Lees ook van Scarlett St. Clair bij Uitgeverij Zomer & Keuning: Hades x Persephone-serie: A touch of darkness A touch of ruin A touch of malice A touch of chaos Scarlett St. Clair A touch of darkness HADES X PERSEPHONE-SERIE.
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... Armstrong. Van Kelley Armstrong verschenen eerder: De Darkness Rising-trilogie: Samenzwering Roeping De Darkest Powers-trilogie: Bezwering Ontwaken Afrekening Kelley Armstrong Verrijzing de Darkness Rising-trilogie *. Wertaald door Selma.
... Armstrong. Van Kelley Armstrong verschenen eerder: De Darkness Rising-trilogie: Samenzwering Roeping De Darkest Powers-trilogie: Bezwering Ontwaken Afrekening Kelley Armstrong Verrijzing de Darkness Rising-trilogie *. Wertaald door Selma.
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... Darkness] Hunt Hawkins • Heart of Darkness and Racism Peter Brooks • An Unreadable Report: Conrad's Heart of Darkness Patrick Brantlinger • [Imperialism, Impressionism, and the Politics of Style] Marianna Torgovnick • [Primitivism and ...
... Darkness] Hunt Hawkins • Heart of Darkness and Racism Peter Brooks • An Unreadable Report: Conrad's Heart of Darkness Patrick Brantlinger • [Imperialism, Impressionism, and the Politics of Style] Marianna Torgovnick • [Primitivism and ...
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... Darkness' of which I speak is the darkness of a decadent Paganism; the 'Dawn' is the dawn of Christianity. Although the story is continuous, I have called it 'Scenes in the Days of Nero,' because the outline is determined by the actual ...
... Darkness' of which I speak is the darkness of a decadent Paganism; the 'Dawn' is the dawn of Christianity. Although the story is continuous, I have called it 'Scenes in the Days of Nero,' because the outline is determined by the actual ...
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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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