The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Collector's Library Editions)

Edward Gibbon,Antony Lentin,Brian Norman,Giovanni Battista Piranesi,James Stuart

ISBN 10: 1905716583 / ISBN 13: 9781905716586

Edité par Collector's Library, 2009

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Synopsis :

"The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" is English historical writing at its best. First published in six quarto volumes between 1776 and 1788, it stands alone and unchallenged in its comprehensiveness, richness and depth. In its entirety, the text spans 71 chapters covering the history of Europe from the second century AD to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. This abridged edition feature 28 chapters in full, and it includes Gibbon's footnotes, here translated from Latin for the first time, together with brief explanatory comments, a precis or the omitted chapters and a wealth of evocative engravings of the Roman Empire's greatest monuments.

Biographie de l'auteur:

EDWARD GIBBON was born in 1737. His brief career as an undergraduate at Magdalen College, Oxford, ended when he joined the Catholic Church, but he later re-joined the Protestant Church. After the death of his father, Gibbon settled in London and in 1774 was elected to Parliament where he sat for the next eight years. The first volume of his famous history was published in 1776; it was highly praised for its learning and style but incurred some censure for its treatment of the early Christians. The second and third volumes appeared in 1781 and the final three were published in 1788.

HUGH TREVOR-ROPER was born in Northumberland in 1914 and educated at Charterhouse and Christ Church, Oxford. He was Regius Professor of Modern History and Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford 1957-80; Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge 1980-87. He became Lord Dacre of Glanton in 1979. He died in 2003.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (...
Éditeur : Collector's Library
Date d'édition : 2009
Reliure : Hardcover
Etat : Very Good