Edward Gibbon
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Series
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The first volume of Decline and Fall was published in 1776, and by the time the final volume appeared in 1787, Gibbon had produced an exhaustive, million-and-a-half-word account of a 'revolution, which shall ever be remembered and is still felt by the nations of the earth'.
This panoramic work, covering 13 centuries from 180 A.D. to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, has been described as 'a bridge that carries one from the ancient world to the...
Author
Publisher
Everymans Library
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Gibbon traces the history of more than 13 centuries and covers the great events as well as the general historical progression. He thoroughly examines the movement and settlements of the Teutonic tribes that eventually held the western empire in fee, the rise of Islam, and the Crusades.
Author
Publisher
Everymans Library
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Gibbon traces the history of more than 13 centuries and covers the great events as well as the general historical progression. He thoroughly examines the movement and settlements of the Teutonic tribes that eventually held the western empire in fee, the rise of Islam, and the Crusades.
Author
Publisher
Everymans Library
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Gibbon traces the history of more than 13 centuries and covers the great events as well as the general historical progression. He thoroughly examines the movement and settlements of the Teutonic tribes that eventually held the western empire in fee, the rise of Islam, and the Crusades.
Author
Publisher
Everymans Library
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Gibbon traces the history of more than 13 centuries and covers the great events as well as the general historical progression. He thoroughly examines the movement and settlements of the Teutonic tribes that eventually held the western empire in fee, the rise of Islam, and the Crusades.
Author
Publisher
Everymans Library
Pub. Date
2010
Description
Gibbon traces the history of more than 13 centuries and covers the great events as well as the general historical progression. He thoroughly examines the movement and settlements of the Teutonic tribes that eventually held the western empire in fee, the rise of Islam, and the Crusades.