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 9
... official religion of the Roman Empire. Theodosius was baptized in 380, the third year of his reign; he began the process which culminated in the liquidation of paganism and the repression of heretics. Over fourteen years Theodosius ...
... official religion of the Roman Empire. Theodosius was baptized in 380, the third year of his reign; he began the process which culminated in the liquidation of paganism and the repression of heretics. Over fourteen years Theodosius ...
Pagina 22
... official activities: a place, a time, an event? At this moment he knows that there is something more here than meets the eye – something that goes much deeper. His satisfaction at the arrest – finally! — of what he considers to be a ...
... official activities: a place, a time, an event? At this moment he knows that there is something more here than meets the eye – something that goes much deeper. His satisfaction at the arrest – finally! — of what he considers to be a ...
Pagina 23
... officials. “Today, on the third day of Nones of July, in the fifth hour after sunset, I, Aulus Fronto, Commander of the third division of the praetorian guard, made, with my men, a raid on the dwelling of Marcus Anicius Rufus on ...
... officials. “Today, on the third day of Nones of July, in the fifth hour after sunset, I, Aulus Fronto, Commander of the third division of the praetorian guard, made, with my men, a raid on the dwelling of Marcus Anicius Rufus on ...
Pagina 37
... officials, arrayed in a semi-circle behind him, whisper together. He can hear the rustle of their garments and the shuffling of their feet as they move about. Someone stifles a cough. He knows that he need only tap his signet ring ...
... officials, arrayed in a semi-circle behind him, whisper together. He can hear the rustle of their garments and the shuffling of their feet as they move about. Someone stifles a cough. He knows that he need only tap his signet ring ...
Pagina 39
... officials behind him have been reminded now of what they have always known: that Hadrian, born and raised in Alexandria, in Egypt, is an imported Roman – yes, he too is a Niliacus – and that this knowledge, despite the respect shown him ...
... officials behind him have been reminded now of what they have always known: that Hadrian, born and raised in Alexandria, in Egypt, is an imported Roman – yes, he too is a Niliacus – and that this knowledge, despite the respect shown him ...
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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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