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'This bright, engaging and breezy book ... suits the tenor of our times.'
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The first popular biography of the great warlord, Attila the Hun.
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19 of 20 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I was in two minds whether to buy this book, having read Paul Cassidy's review, which pretty much summed up how I felt after reading the author's Ghenghis Khan. I did buy it, however, and am glad I did. Apart from an overlong account of the resurrection of mounted archery, John Mann successfully paints a picture of Atilla, the Huns, the decaying Roman empire and an age that has left little by way of contemporary written history. He does this in a readable narrative style, clearly points out where the facts are thin and speculation needed, and debunks many of the myths that grew over the centuries following Atilla's death and are accepted by many today as fact. I enjoyed reading it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
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I personally enjoyed the book. It is very readable, not dry or boring. Sure he doesn't only write about Attila, he also writes about Horsemanship and archery -what made the Huns terrible- about his camp -no they were not completly nomads- but also of the historians he met and the places he visited in Hungary...sure this is not directly information on our hero, but it doesn't do the book any harm neither ! I liked the book alot, especcially since mr. man keeps himself to the facts, there are barely any personal opinions included !!!!
Although there is not much info on Attila available, this books wants you to know MORE...
Although there is not much info on Attila available, this books wants you to know MORE...
17 of 19 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
Is it me, or are modern days authors making historical books that much more readable. Most of the historical books I have read recently are far removed from the dusty old volumes that lay mouldering in the bookcase or on the shelves of the library. Mainly, I believe because the contents inside the book are as dry and dusty as the outside and of little value to anyone other than a scholar.
This book is written with a light touch, making it refreshingly readable without straying from the facts. If more books were written in this way, history would become a rare treat, rather than something that is there mainly for the academic.
Although most schoolboys know the name Attila, a man who was known for his barbarism, and some may even be able to tell you that he was instrumental in holding the fate of the Roman Empire in his hands. Very little else is known about the man himself and the warriors he led.
In the early 5th century AD Attila and his warriors earned an undying reputation for savagery, the like of which had never been seen. His empire briefly rivalled that of Rome, reaching from the Rhine to the Black Sea, the Baltic to the Balkans.
This book is written with a light touch, making it refreshingly readable without straying from the facts. If more books were written in this way, history would become a rare treat, rather than something that is there mainly for the academic.
Although most schoolboys know the name Attila, a man who was known for his barbarism, and some may even be able to tell you that he was instrumental in holding the fate of the Roman Empire in his hands. Very little else is known about the man himself and the warriors he led.
In the early 5th century AD Attila and his warriors earned an undying reputation for savagery, the like of which had never been seen. His empire briefly rivalled that of Rome, reaching from the Rhine to the Black Sea, the Baltic to the Balkans.
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Ok at best
I have to admit that I was somewhat disappointed in this. This is a quick easy and read. In some cases, the largely informal style of writing used by Man can be engaging, but it... Read more
Published 13 months ago by Matthew Turner
Thee 'Hun'
The name Attila, the Hun, has long been synonymous with barbarism, savagery and violence. This classic biography reveals the man behind the myth and how, between 434-454 AD, the... Read more
Published on 17 Jan 2010 by David I. Howells
The Romans were right
This is an awful book. First of all, it's not even a biography of Attila the Hun, and for that alone one ought to ask for one's money back. Read more
Published on 12 Sep 2009 by M. Asher
Just not enough
I was looking for encompassing information about Attila and the Huns, instead I was left with the feeling of void on the base subject. Read more
Published on 18 Mar 2009 by Balogh Peter
Attila the Man
I didn't know an awful lot about Attila the Hun before reading this book, all I had heard was that it was he who finally instigated the fall of the Roman Empire, and obviously was... Read more
Published on 13 Mar 2009 by Becki Sansome
Brilliant
Brilliant book. Very well-written and so exciting it's like you're being impaled yourself. John Man manages to bring light and clarity to a period of history when Europe was such a... Read more
Published on 4 Nov 2008 by Mad Harper
Give me facts, Man, not fluff!
I bought this title expecting a serious history of the Huns and their most famous leader, Attila. Now more than halfway through the book I am compelled to write an early review as... Read more
Published on 29 July 2008 by Tiberius
BRILLIANT. "Attlia for Dummies" just won't do
I am astonished at some of the other reviews that seem, unjustly, to slate John Man's writing. What he has done is take a historical figure of incredible experience, drawn on the... Read more
Published on 11 Jun 2008 by RichardDM
travelogue or history
I had bought John Man's Ghengis Khan and have recently read his Attila the Hun. I know there is little or no written record of either of these men but I had expected some research... Read more
Published on 21 May 2008 by Dzugashvili
There's better out there than this
Want to know about Attila the Hun, well after reading this book so do I. Early on John Man admits that there aren't that many contemporary sources about Attila and proves this by... Read more
Published on 13 May 2008 by J. Duducu
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