The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
volume 1
$40.49
- Paperback
1232 pages
- Release Date
6 March 1996
Summary
The Decline and Fall: A History of the Roman Empire
Edward Gibbon’s six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is a monumental achievement in European literature. This definitive three-volume Penguin Classics edition presents the complete and unmodernized text, offering readers the History as it was originally experienced.
Spanning thirteen centuries, Gibbon masterfully narrates the fate of one of the world’s greatest civilizations, exp…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780140433937 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0140433937 |
| Series: | The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire |
| Author: | Edward Gibbon, David Womersley |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Penguin Classics |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 1232 |
| Edition: | 1st |
| Release Date: | 6 March 1996 |
| Weight: | 841g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 130mm x 54mm |
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About The Author
Edward Gibbon
David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of Literature at the University of Oxford. Among his interests are Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe and Edward Gibbon, whose Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he edited for Penguin Classics.
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