Scourge of God, a.d. 406?–453, king of the Huns who invaded Europe: defeated by the Romans and Visigoths in 451 at Châlons-sur-Marne in France.
Ryan is devoted to Attila, his battle-scarred and loyal war dog.
But neither is Attila to be blamed nor Constantine to be praised.
At any rate it is fairly certain that Attila was not personally on the scene.
If Attila was a brigand and Cardinal Mazarin a rogue, are there not princes and ministers who are honest people?
He was a chief from the shores of the Baltic Sea, and had been compelled to follow Attila.
Unfortunately feathers are, by their nature, most attractive to that greatest destroyer, next to Attila—the moth.