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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (abridged ed., Vols. 1 - 6)

Name: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (abridged ed., Vols. 1 - 6)
ISBN: 9780140437645

Edward Gibbon, David Womersley (ed.)

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Edward Gibbon FRS (8 May 1737] – 16 January 1794) was an English historian, writer, and member of parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788, is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its polemical criticism of organised religion.
Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, "Decline & Fall" is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the reader to acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement.

Categories:

History - Ancient History

Content Type:

Books

Year:

2001

Edition:

Abridged ed. 2001

Publisher:

Penguin Classics

Language:

english