Decline and Fall of Roman Empire - Softcover

GIBBON, EDWARD; BOURNE, FRANK C. ( ABRIDGED AND WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY).

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0712667199 ISBN 13: 9780712667197

Publisher: Dell Publishing Company, New York, 1974

Synopsis

One of the Great Histories of All Time. Abridged and with an Introduction by Frank C. Bourne. Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is still generally recognized to be the finest history ever written. Here in this highly readable abridgment of the monumental work may be found all the brilliance and sustained excellence of style, the breadth of concept, the acuteness of judgment, the extraordinary accuracy, the urbane irony and wit that have combined to make it a masterpiece. The Decline and Fall records the history of the Roman Empire from the end of its golden age to its final political and physical disintegration twelve centuries later: from the reign of the emperor Trajan to the Fall of the West, from the age of Justinian to that of Charlemagne. The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is undoubtedly the foremost study of its kind ever written. It is history at its magnificent and panoramic best.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dell Publishing Company, New York
• Publication date: 1974
• ISBN 10: 0712667199
• ISBN 13: 9780712667197
• Binding: Paperback