The Evening of The World Jonathan Raban One of the best historical

One of the best historical fantasies I've ever read’ Emma Törzs______________World War One

funny and multi-layered novel

It is not long before another woman turns up dead

What's it about

a murder and its consequences compel him to return

The Evening of The World Jonathan Raban One of the best historicalTHE EVENING OF THE WORLD is set in the period of the barbarian invasions. Its hero is a young Roman nobleman named Marcus. He undergoes extraordinary experiences as he searches for meaning and stability in a twilight world where the old gods are dead or dying, but their mysteries still attract, and the new religion is threatened by new barbarisms. Marcus's journeys take him over the empire, from Italy to Greece and Byzantium, to the camp of Alaric the