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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... longer resided in Rome: it was too far from the threatened frontiers. He lived in Milan, a precedent that had been established by Constantine; but in 402 Gothic armies under Alaric besieged that city and nearly captured Honorius. So he ...
... longer resided in Rome: it was too far from the threatened frontiers. He lived in Milan, a precedent that had been established by Constantine; but in 402 Gothic armies under Alaric besieged that city and nearly captured Honorius. So he ...
Pagina 22
... longer unclouded. There has been a subtle shift. This affair no longer holds the prospect of a careful savoring of victory, of pleasure 22 THRESHOLD OF FIRE.
... longer unclouded. There has been a subtle shift. This affair no longer holds the prospect of a careful savoring of victory, of pleasure 22 THRESHOLD OF FIRE.
Pagina 40
... no, lives from hand to mouth. No, he had nothing to do with the events in the villa of Marcus Anicius Rufus. “But you had been in that house once before. Marcus Anicius Rufus has admitted it." A shrug, a longer 40 THRESHOLD OF FIRE.
... no, lives from hand to mouth. No, he had nothing to do with the events in the villa of Marcus Anicius Rufus. “But you had been in that house once before. Marcus Anicius Rufus has admitted it." A shrug, a longer 40 THRESHOLD OF FIRE.
Pagina 41
... longer pause than after the first questions. “What do you want to know?" “The reason for your first visit.” “I didn't visit Marcus Anicius Rufus.” “Ah, yes, then it was he who approached you. What did he want with you?” “A while ago I ...
... longer pause than after the first questions. “What do you want to know?" “The reason for your first visit.” “I didn't visit Marcus Anicius Rufus.” “Ah, yes, then it was he who approached you. What did he want with you?” “A while ago I ...
Pagina 64
... longer faced with the choice of guilt for ignoring a punishable act or of getting Eliezar into trouble. He wants to indicate in no uncertain terms (magistrates who ignore their duty in these matters commit a crime) to the Jew — who had ...
... longer faced with the choice of guilt for ignoring a punishable act or of getting Eliezar into trouble. He wants to indicate in no uncertain terms (magistrates who ignore their duty in these matters commit a crime) to the Jew — who had ...
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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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