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Chronicles of the barbarians
firsthand accounts of pillage and conquest, from the ancient world to the fall of Constantinople
By McCullough, David G.
- ISBN
- 978-0-81293-082-5
- Publisher
- New York : Times Books, c1998.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on February 15, 1999
Novelist and anthologist McCullough brings together firsthand accounts of barbarian invaders from Herodotus (d. 424 B.C.E.) to the fall of Constantinople (1553) for general readers. Common fears color these accounts, which stretch across a millennium and a half and span two continents. Scythians, Huns, Vandals, Mongols, Tur...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
