The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: v. 4-6 - Everyman's Library Classics S.
by Edward Gibbon, Hugh Trevor-Roper
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This boxed set of Volumes 4-6 ("The Eastern Empire") completes the Everyman set. Volumes 1-3 ("The Western Empire") were published in 1993. Even after 200 years, Gibbon's book is still an authoritative work on Roman history.
Book details
Published
20/10/1994
Publisher
Everyman's Library
ISBN
9781857151923
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UK Kirkus review
Gibbon observed that history was a record of 'little more than the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind'. In one of the great works of historical writing, elegant, erudite, and full of ironic wit, he covers the 13 centuries of the Roman Empire in the West and the East, from the rule of Trajan and the Antonines to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. Although some of the facts have been superseded by modern scholarship, this monumental work (published 1776-1788) has shaped our view of the ancient world and its connection with our own. John Julius Norwich comments that 'there is hardly a page without an unforgettable character sketch or a brilliantly told story, and the humour is unfailing'. (Kirkus UK)
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