The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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Penguin UK, Jun 19, 2000 - History - 848 pages
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 readerto 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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CHAPTERS VIIIXIV
CHAPTER XV
CHAPTERS XVIXXI
CHAPTER XXII
CHAPTER XXIII
CHAPTER XXIV
CHAPTERS XXVXXVII
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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.

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