Antonina, or, The Fall of Rome
by Wilkie Collins
Publisher: New York Harper 1874
ISBN/ASIN: B0016J9RJY
Number of pages: 460
Description:
Ancient Rome, AD 408: Young Antonia had the misfortune to live in interesting times -- the days when mighty Rome was brought low by the terror of the Goths, from the period of the march of the Gothic invaders over the Alps to the close of the first barbarian blockade of Rome.
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