David Nicolle

Attila and The Huns

David Nicolle. Attila and The HunsAttila the Hun is revealed in this work as a man of theatrical rages, but also as a warrior of strategic skill and political insight. He led a simple life despite vast wealth, yet he was not the savage the Greek and Roman chroniclers would paint him as. David Nicolle also covers the dramatic events surrounding the fall of Rome and the beginning of the Dark Ages, as well as the history, organisation and dress of the various hunnish peoples.

Attila and the Nomad Hordes

David Nicolle. Attila and the Nomad Hordes.Of all the conquerors who swept out of Central Asia, two names stand out in European memory – Attila the Hun and Genghis Khan the Mongol. Both are remembered for massacres and devastation; yet whereas Genghis is also famous for the laws he imposed on half of Asia and for the trade which flourished under Mongol rule, Attila's notoriety seems unrelieved by positive achievements. But what was Attila's short-lived empire really like? What happened to the Huns afterwards, and what role did the nomads of Central Asia play in the centuries between Attila and Genghis Khan?

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