The Sword of Attila by Michael Curtis Ford

The king of Acastus has recently died, leaving a daughter, Sira : Isabelle Corey, and a 12-year-old son, Darius. Nice.Įarly in the third century AD, the city of Acastus and its surrounding territory formed an independent kingdom on the Eastern border of the Roman Empire. I also give a tip of the ole baseball cap to whomever designed the costumes, especially the gladiator helmets. This one is recommended and it deserves and 8 for being one of the best of its particular genre. The bald actor that played the owner of the gladiators was a real treat, a very gnarly and quite believable actor. There are also a couple of big battles that look good and even a chariot race. The gladiator fights, of which there are many, are nicely done. The head villain is nasty, the gladiators are well played and the leading lady is very nice to look at.whoa! I agree with the other reviewers that this one is a keeper. The cast is pretty darn good too with Richard Harrison standing in for Steve Reeves very nicely.

The story itself is fairly standard but the movie is so well paced and full of action that you're not likely to get bored. For the most part they haven't held up very well over the years but this one can certainly still hold its own. 'About this title' may belong to another edition of this title.As a kid growing up in the sixties, sword and scandal epics ranked right up there with Tarzan, Frankenstein, King Kong, Shirley Temple and Batman. a man named Attila-the most dangerous enemy Rome has ever known. Now, he faces a man who once saved his life, a man he fears, loves and admires.

Once Flavius lived among the wild Huns, rode their stout warhorses and became like a son to their king.

At this pivotal moment, General Flavius Aetius is forced into a battle he does not want but cannot afford to lose. In his extraordinary new work, he brings to life the buckling Roman empire in 400 A.D., a jagged, sprawling realm of foreign fighters, unstable rulers, and battle lines stretched too far. In his novels of ancient warfare, Michael Curtis Ford captures the roar, clamor and horror of battle as well as the intimate moments of human choice upon which history turns. Now, from across a broad plain of waving grass, a new enemy had poured out of the East-to be led by a man whose goal was not just victory in battle, but the end of an empire. ONE MOMENT OF DESTINY.įor centuries, Rome had ruled from Africa to the wilds of Britain.

The Sword of Attila by Michael Curtis Ford