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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics)

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (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: Paperback
 Pages: 848
 Edition: Abridged Ed
 Publisher: Penguin Classics
Published: 28 Aug 2003
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.