Eurico, o presbytero
By Alexandre Herculano
Cover: King Leovigild (c. 1854) by Juan de Barroeta · Wikimedia Commons · Public domain (artist died before 1956)
Eurico, a Visigothic warrior who became a priest after he was refused the woman he loved, lives in retreat as the Moorish invasion of 711 sweeps into the Iberian peninsula. Alexandre Herculano's historical romance follows him back into battle. This book contains scenes of violence as its author wrote them.
Summary written with Claude Opus 5.5.