The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I by Edward Gibbon, David Womersley

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Volume I

Edward Gibbon, David Womersley

692 pages first pub 1776 (editions)

nonfiction classics history challenging informative slow-paced

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Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirt...

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