A Struggle for Rome (Vol. 1-3) (Annotated)
Enriched Edition. Historical NovelBy Felix Dahn
Length36h 22m
About this audiobook
A Struggle for Rome (Vol. 1-3) is Felix Dahn's grand historical epic of the Gothic War, dramatizing the fatal contest between the Ostrogothic kingdom in Italy and the reviving imperial power of Byzantium under Justinian. Moving among courts, camps, councils, and battlefields, the novel blends archival learning with romantic intensity, shaping figures such as Theodoric's heirs, Belisarius, Totila, and Narses into agents of historical destiny. Its style is elevated, theatrical, and patriotic, characteristic of nineteenth-century German historical fiction, where scholarship, moral conflict, and national mythmaking converge. Dahn was unusually equipped to write such a work. A jurist, historian, poet, and professor, he devoted much of his scholarship to early Germanic law, institutions, and identity. His academic immersion in the Migration Period and his era's fascination with nationhood helped produce a novel that is not merely antiquarian, but a meditation on peoples, sovereignty, loyalty, and decline. This book is recommended to readers interested in historical fiction at its most ambitious: learned, dramatic, and ideologically revealing. It will especially reward those drawn to late antiquity, Germanic legend, imperial politics, and the nineteenth-century imagination of Rome's fall and Europe's beginnings.
This enriched edition has been carefully crafted to add value to your reading experience.
- A succinct Introduction situates the work's timeless appeal and themes.
- The Synopsis outlines the central plot, highlighting key developments without spoiling critical twists.
- A detailed Historical Context immerses you in the era's events and influences that shaped the writing.
- A thorough Analysis dissects symbols, motifs, and character arcs to unearth underlying meanings.
- Reflection questions prompt you to engage personally with the work's messages, connecting them to modern life.
- Hand‐picked Memorable Quotes shine a spotlight on moments of literary brilliance.
- Interactive footnotes clarify unusual references, historical allusions, and archaic phrases for an effortless, more informed read.
Audiobook details
GenreHistorical Fiction, General Fiction
Length36 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateFeb 11, 2022
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1The Great Empires of the Ancient East (Annotated)
14PART I. (pt. 2)
2Volume I
15BOOK IV.--Continued. WITICHIS.
3PREFACE.
16PART II. (pt. 1)
4BOOK I. THEODORIC. (pt. 1)
17PART II. (pt. 2)
5BOOK I. THEODORIC. (pt. 2)
18PART II. (pt. 3)
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6BOOK II. AMALASWINTHA. (pt. 1)
19Volume III
7BOOK II. AMALASWINTHA. (pt. 2)
20BOOK IV. WITICHIS. Continued.
8BOOK II. AMALASWINTHA. (pt. 3)
21BOOK V. — TOTILA. — PART I. (pt. 1)
9BOOK III. THEODAHAD.
22BOOK V. — TOTILA. — PART I. (pt. 2)
10Volume II
23BOOK V.— TOTILA. — PART II. Continued. (pt. 1)
11BOOK III.--Continued. THEODAHAD.
24BOOK V.— TOTILA. — PART II. Continued. (pt. 2)
12BOOK IV. WITICHIS.
25BOOK VI. — TEJA (pt. 1)
13PART I. (pt. 1)
26BOOK VI. — TEJA (pt. 2)
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