Gibbon's 1972 Edition. The Decline and Fall of The Roman Empire. D M Low.
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Good
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English
ISBN
9780701107130
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This is a one-volume abridgement.
Published by Book Club Associates, London, 1972
Used - In good condition.
Creased edges a slight wear on the dust cover (as per photos).
Otherwise in good condition.
'The Roman Empire and its declined fall remains to this day the dominant historical event of Europe and the Near East. It is the history of the emergence of modern civilisation from barbarism; the story of the spread of Christian religion in Europe through centuries of persecution by pagan Emperors, and the assaults of Goths, Vandals, Huns and Mahometans.
At the height of its power the Roman Empire extended from the Atlantic Ocean to Persia, from Egypt to Germany. Gibbon chronicles the history of this vast domain from the second century A.D. to the capture of Constantinople by the Turks in 1453. As in some medieval tapestry the chief characters in this tumultuous story, the Emperors, Caesarea, Saints and Martyrs stand out in heroic size against a crowded background of lesser folk, merchants, soldiers, monks, Crusaders, Greeks and Arabs. Gibbon's mighty sustained sweep and insight, his brilliant expression of untiringly accumulated knowledge, form an unforgettable picture of the life of an Empire that was for centuries all Europe.'
