Review: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
User Review - Christian - GoodreadsWell, it took me eight months but I finally finished the damned thing. What can I say about it? It's a really big history book, and it spans about thirteen centuries, from the rule of the emperor ... Read full review
Review: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
User Review - Lee Walker - GoodreadsI have almost finished Volume 1. The first fourteen chapters were excellent. Unfortunately chapter 15 drones on about Christianity, in a way that I don't find very compelling (and normally I am not ... Read full review
Review: Great Books of the Western World
User Review - Helle - GoodreadsGobbled it up as a little kid in the 70's. Read full review
Review: Great Books of the Western World
User Review - Ken - GoodreadsI have been reading these books since I got them back in the early 60s'. I still have a long way to go. Between being in the army and working and being a single parent I have little time. But, now ... Read full review
Review: Great Books of the Western World
User Review - Ron Banister - GoodreadsRead this works in cycles based on the Great Ideas. Best read with a friend you can discuss these books with... Highly recommended. Used sets are an intellectual investment for a lifetime. Read full review
Review: Kant (Great Books of the Western World 42)
User Review - Ron Banister - GoodreadsTough to read but worth the digestive process. Read full review
Review: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
User Review - Terrysmithemail - GoodreadsThis classic history is supposed to be an automatic 5-star,but for me it became more of a study in how classics age as our society advances. Gibbon tracks the history of the Roman empire for 600 years ... Read full review
Review: Great Books of the Western World
User Review - Mike Garner - GoodreadsThis is a great set to own because you can read the classics of the western world in your leisure. Each time I complete reading one of the volumes I add it to my classics list. Read full review
Review: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
User Review - Dave Christofer - GoodreadsI picked this up to find the parallels between the Roman Empire and our culture. I was disappointed that the book focused almost exclusively on the wars of the emperors and politics in place of a more ... Read full review
Review: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 3
User Review - Steve - GoodreadsThe Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is one of the greatest works of history and literature in the Westrn canon. Read full review
