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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... sacrifices to man-made images. These policies were continued, more stringently, by Theodosius's inept son Honorius. Theodosius had unquestionably helped to hasten the collapse of the Roman Empire by splitting it in two. On his death in ...
... sacrifices to man-made images. These policies were continued, more stringently, by Theodosius's inept son Honorius. Theodosius had unquestionably helped to hasten the collapse of the Roman Empire by splitting it in two. On his death in ...
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... sacrifice and the inspection of entrails. All three slaves had seen the baskets, but alleged that they did not know who put them there. The men who, on my orders, guarded the hilly terrain around the villa seized an individual hiding in ...
... sacrifice and the inspection of entrails. All three slaves had seen the baskets, but alleged that they did not know who put them there. The men who, on my orders, guarded the hilly terrain around the villa seized an individual hiding in ...
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... sacrifice in my house. I don't know who brought them in or who received them —” “There were often sacrifices in your house. Fresh 28 THRESHOLD OF FIRE.
... sacrifice in my house. I don't know who brought them in or who received them —” “There were often sacrifices in your house. Fresh 28 THRESHOLD OF FIRE.
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... sacrifices in your house. Fresh flowers were placed on your house altar and at the feet of idols.” "Animal sacrifice has never taken place under my roof and it never will take place there!” “Ah, that's a clever play on words! In your ...
... sacrifices in your house. Fresh flowers were placed on your house altar and at the feet of idols.” "Animal sacrifice has never taken place under my roof and it never will take place there!” “Ah, that's a clever play on words! In your ...
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... 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 called ...
... 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 called ...
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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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