Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire (Wordsworth Classics of World Literature)

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Description: Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between 1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length alone is a measure of its monumental quality: seventy-one chapters, of which twenty-eight appear in full in this edition. With style, learning and wit, Gibbon takes the reader through the history of Europe from the second century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453 - an enthralling account by 'the greatest of the historians of the Enlightenment'. This edition includes Gibbon's footnotes and quotations, here translated for the fi ... (more)

Manufacturer: Wordsworth Editions Ltd
Release date: 5 December 1999
ISBN-10 : 1853264997 | ISBN-13: 9781853264993

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