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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
  • ISBN: 9780140437645
  • Pages: 848
  • Publisher: Penguin
  • Binding: Paperback

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon
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Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, Decline and Fall is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature.

In this edition, David Womersley’s selection and bridging commentary enables the reader to acquire a sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon’s achievement.



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