The Evening of the World

Proof Copy. 8vo. Pp. [xi], 286. Plain printed wrappers.

Lightly soiled to covers, else Fine.

First novel in the Dark Ages trilogy. Set in the period of the barbarian invasions, tale features a Roman nobleman named Marcus, who searches for meaning and stability through his heroic deeds, as all around him the old gods are dying and the new religion is yet to be firmly established. Brings to mind Gramsci's famous dictum, "The old is dying and the new cannot be born; in this interregnum a great variety of morbid symptoms appear."

A Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Allan Massie has been a past judge of the Booker Prize. "This is a book that can be recommended to anyone who thinks that the historical novel is moribund." –The Sunday Times