by Michel Peyramaure · ISBN 9782221049822
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«La porte noire» is a novel by Michel Peyramaure published by R. Laffont in 1986 (309 pages, in French).
The action takes place in Trier in 476, when the Western Roman Empire has just come to an end. The last Romanised defenders, besieged by the barbarians, take refuge in the citadel of the Porte noire; amid fighting, drunkenness and collective delirium, they live their last day while history takes a turn.
On the cover, under the title, are indicated the word «roman» and the subtitle «le dernier jour de Rome».
For readers of historical fiction interested in the decline of the Roman Empire and the barbarian invasions.
Michel Peyramaure was a French writer. He received the 1979 Grand prix de littérature de la SGDL.
