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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... living from sacrifice and divination." “I can assure you that no one who was in my house last night considers himself qualified to perform those rituals that you're talking about." “You haven't really explained the presence of the man ...
... living from sacrifice and divination." “I can assure you that no one who was in my house last night considers himself qualified to perform those rituals that you're talking about." “You haven't really explained the presence of the man ...
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... living statues behind him underlining the atmosphere of impassive, dignified expectancy which befits his role as deputy to His Majesty. But that he makes no attempt to call his retinue to order, by tapping with the onyx on the index ...
... living statues behind him underlining the atmosphere of impassive, dignified expectancy which befits his role as deputy to His Majesty. But that he makes no attempt to call his retinue to order, by tapping with the onyx on the index ...
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... living. Every trace of him removed. Or is that an illusion? The epigram has lost none of its corrosive force. Four lines, written many years ago, brought to light again by accident in the private library of one accused in a later trial ...
... living. Every trace of him removed. Or is that an illusion? The epigram has lost none of its corrosive force. Four lines, written many years ago, brought to light again by accident in the private library of one accused in a later trial ...
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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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