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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Edward Gibbon (Abridged Edition): xxxix (Penguin Classics)

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Edward Gibbon (Abridged Edition): xxxix (Penguin Classics)

by David Womersley (Introduction), David Womersley (Editor), Edward Gibbon (Author)

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Synopsis

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.

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Format: Abridged
 Pages: 795
 Edition: Abridged
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 19 Jun 2000
ISBN 10: 0140437649
ISBN 13: 9780140437645

Author Bio
Edward Gibbon (1737-94) studied briefly at Magdalen College, Oxford and at Lausanne, Switzerland before being elected to Parliament in 1774. DECLINE & FALL was written over 12 years and established his reputation as a pre-eminent Classical historian. David Womersley, Official Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Jesus College Oxford, is the author of The Transformation of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire (CUP) and edited the 3-volume edition of DECLINE & FALL for Penguin Classics.