The decline and fall of the Roman Empire

Author(s)

• Gibbon, Edward
• Trevor-Roper, H. R. (Hugh Redwald)

Bibliographic Information

The decline and fall of the Roman Empire

Edward Gibbon ; with an introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper

（Everyman's library, 95, 192）

D. Campbell , Distributed by Random House, c1993-1994

• : [set v. 1-v. 3]
• v. 1
• v. 2
• v. 3
• : [set v. 4-v. 6]
• v. 4
• v. 5
• v. 6

Other Title

Decline and fall

Note

First included in Everyman's library, 1910

Bibliography: v. 1, p. xcix

Includes index

Description and Table of Contents

Volume

: [set v. 1-v. 3] ISBN 9781857150957

Description

Easily the most celebrated historical work in English, Gibbon's account of the Roman empire was in its time a landmark in classical and historical scholarship and remains a remarkable fresh and powerful contribution to the interpretation of Roman history more than two hundred years after its first appearance. Its fame, however, rests more on the exceptional clarity, scope and force of its argument, and the brilliance of its style, which is still a delight to read. Furthermore, both argument and style embody the Enlightenment values of rationality, lucidity and order to which Gibbon so passionately subscribed and to which his HISTORY is such a magnificent monument.

Volume

: [set v. 4-v. 6] ISBN 9781857151923

Description

The first three volumes of Gibbon's DECLINE AND FALL (the western empire) were published by Everyman in 1993. Volumes 4-6 complete the set which is now available for the first time in many years. This year is the bicentenary of Gibbon's death, which has been widely noticed in the press, but even after two hundred years his book is still an authoritative work on Roman history. What is more, it remains wonderfully readable: witty, elegant and intriguing, full of the author's own personality. The six-volume Everyman edition - the only complete one now available-prints the entire text of the book with all Gibbon's own notes, later editorial commentaries, maps, tables, descriptive tables of contents, indices, appendices and two magisterial essays on the author and his work by Hugh Trevor-Roper.

by "Nielsen BookData"

• NCID: BA24689087
• ISBN:
  • 1857150953
  • 1857151925
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: London,London
• Pages/Volumes: 6 v.
• Size: 21 cm
• Classification:
  • NDC8 : 232
  • DC20 : 937.06
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA19122415