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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon
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Description for The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Paperback. Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, this title provides a selection and bridging commentary that enables the reader to acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the author's work. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 848 pages, notes, bibliog. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 37. Weight in Grams: 572.
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 readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement.
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 readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon's achievement.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
Number of Pages
848
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780140437645
SKU
9780140437645
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About Edward Gibbon
David Womersley (External Editor, Introducer) David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of Literature at the University of Oxford. Among his interests are Jonathan Swift (he was the general editor of the CUP edition of Swift), Daniel Defoe and Edward Gibbon, whose Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he edited for Penguin Classics.
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