History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Heftet /
1996
/ Engelsk
Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780140433937
Publisert
1996-03-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin Classics
Vekt
841 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
54 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
1232
Forfatter
Redaktør
Introduction by
Biografisk notat
David Womersley (External Editor, Introducer)David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of Literature at the University of Oxford. Among his interests are Jonathan Swift (he was the general editor of the CUP edition of Swift), Daniel Defoe and Edward Gibbon, whose Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he edited for Penguin Classics.
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 thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and the events that led to its disastrous collapse. Here, in volumes one and two, Gibbon charts the vast extent and constitution of the Empire from the reign of Augustus to 395 ad. And in a controversial critique, he examines the early Church, with fascinating accounts of the first Christian and last pagan emperors, Constantine and Julian.
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Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (the first volume was originally published in 1776), is one of the most famous texts in the English language. David Womersley's annotated edition returns to manuscript and original sources.
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Produktdetaljer
ISBN
9780140433937
Publisert
1996-03-07
Utgiver
Vendor
Penguin Classics
Vekt
841 gr
Høyde
198 mm
Bredde
130 mm
Dybde
54 mm
Aldersnivå
01, G, 01
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
1232
Forfatter
Redaktør
Introduction by
Biografisk notat
David Womersley (External Editor, Introducer)David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of Literature at the University of Oxford. Among his interests are Jonathan Swift (he was the general editor of the CUP edition of Swift), Daniel Defoe and Edward Gibbon, whose Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he edited for Penguin Classics.