The Ruin of the Roman Empire: A New History James J. O'Donnell, Author. Ecco $35 (p) ISBN More By and About This Author. OTHER BOOKS. Pagans: The End of . · The Ruin of the Roman Empire-James J. O'Donnell “An exotic and instructive tale, told with life, learning and just the right measure of laughter on every page. O’Donnell combines a historian’s mastery of substance with a born storyteller’s sense of style to create a magnificent work of art.” — Madeleine K. Albright. · The Ruin of the Roman Empire takes us back to the sixth century, into the lives, cultures, and events that influenced ancient Rome. James O'Donnell restores the reputations of many "barbarians," while showing that Rome's last emperors doomed their realm with the hapless ways in which they tried to restore and preserve www.doorway.ru: Tantor Audio.
Though he claims to be advancing a new idea about the fall of Rome, James O'Donnell is merely the latest (and, one hopes, the last) in a line of historians who have tried since the s to downplay the devastation caused by the Germanic invasions of the s. His new book, The Ruin of the Roman Empire, offers a hero of the piece and a villain. The Ruin of the Roman Empire A New History. James J. O'Donnell. • 13 Ratings; $; $; Publisher Description "An exotic and instructive tale, told with life, learning and just the right measure of laughter on every page. O'Donnell combines a historian's mastery of substance with a born storyteller's sense of style to create. It introduces new people constantly, moves to different topics, and bounces around the map constantly. I get what O'Donnell was trying to do - the Roman Empire was enormous and the collapse happened throughout. His enthusiasm shows on every page. I just found it off-putting and impossible to fully engage. A more forceful editor may have been.
The Ruin of the Roman Empire takes us back to the sixth century, into the lives, cultures, and events that influenced ancient Rome. James O'Donnell restores the reputations of many "barbarians," while showing that Rome's last emperors doomed their realm with the hapless ways in which they tried to restore and preserve it. Though he claims to be advancing a new idea about the fall of Rome, James O'Donnell is merely the latest (and, one hopes, the last) in a line of historians who have tried since the s to downplay the devastation caused by the Germanic invasions of the s. His new book, The Ruin of the Roman Empire, offers a hero of the piece and a villain. by James J. O’Donnell ‧RELEASE DATE: Sept. 16, A vigorous history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire—which, as Georgetown University Provost O’Donnell (Augustine, ) notes, happened precipitously over three centuries. Recent historians have been more kindly disposed to the “barbarians” of old than their predecessors, and O’Donnell is in this camp, giving modestly approving notes on Attila (a “bad cop” more than a sociopath), Theodoric and.
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