Attila: not such a bad guy after all.(Book Review)

From: The Evening Standard (London, England) | Date: March 14, 2005 | Copyright information

Byline: SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORE

Attila: The Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome

by John Man (Bantam, [pounds sterling]20)

ATTILA the Hun has become a cliche of tyranny, savagery ugliness, mass-murder, German aggression and Rightwing brutishness. Indeed, as part of the black quintet of Genghis Khan, Tamurlane, Hitler and Stalin, he is one of those international brand names of barbarism, instantly recognisable anywhere in the world.

But this...

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