by Valerio Massimo Manfredi · Editorial Presença · tapa blanda · ISBN 9789722334341
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«A Última Legião» is the historical novel by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, published by Editorial Presença in paperback (416 pages, in Portuguese).
In AD 476, the Western Roman Empire crumbles under the attacks of Odoacer. Romulus Augustulus, a thirteen-year-old emperor, loses his family and is exiled to Capri with his tutor Ambrosinus. There, the Nova Invicta Legion becomes his only hope in a fading world.
Work originally published as «L'ultima legione» in 2002; this Portuguese edition came out in September 2005. The novel was adapted into a movie.
For those interested in historical fiction set in the Roman world and epic tales of resistance against the collapse of an empire.
Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian, writer, essayist, archaeologist and journalist.
