![]() ![]() ![]() He also displays a sense of humour, largely absent from the previous book, in the character of Little Bird, in occassional jokes amongst the men and in ironically scorning novels as ‘arrant nonsense that openly delights the unlettered multitude ‘ (78). The story opens up with a lot more action, Attila usurping King Ruga, and there is some mystery about how exactly he intends to get his revenge on Rome. My favourite character, the Hun shaman and token madman Little Bird, is much more prominent here. This installment is told almost entirely from the point of view of the Huns and if far better for it. So for the last 50 pages or so the story really picked up because he didn’t have hundreds of facts to show off. This problem all but disappeared when Attila returned to the Huns, the only information we have about the Huns is from a Roman perspective, we have no sources from their point of view. In my last review I said that his major problem was trying to squeeze in as many facts about Rome as possible to the detriment of pacing or characterisation. It deals with Attila’s return from exile and his gathering of the various Hun tribes to march against Rome. So this is marginally better than the first in the series. Attila: The Gathering of the Storm by Wiliam Napier ![]()
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