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Only that way will you capture that marvellous dry humour, which is once again all his own. To enjoy that quite individual, remarkable style – has any prose-writer ever surpassed him in his ear for the rhythm of the English language? – you have to take him at his own speed: don’t rush him, savour the sentences. ‘Story’ is hardly the word The Decline and Fall is an epic drama, stuffed full of tremendous characters, most of them monstrous, nearly all of them larger than life. ‘I love Gibbon for three reasons: the story, the style and the jokes. Volume VIII: The Fall of Constantinople and the Papacy in Rome Volume VII: The Normans in Italy and the Crusades Volume VI: Mohammed and the Rise of the Arabs Volume III: The Revival and Collapse of Paganism Volume II: Constantine and the Christian Empire A spectacular cast includes Attila the Hun, the Prophet Mohammad, the Holy Roman Emperor Charlemagne and the Byzantine Emperor Justinian, who re-conquered North Africa and Italy with the aid of his illustrious general, Belisarius. The spread of Christianity the Barbarian invasions the various sacks of Rome by Goths, Huns and Vandals the Crusades the conquests of Genghis Khan and Tamerlane the rise of Islam … From the Antonine Emperors to the fall of Constantinople in 1453, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire ranges over thirteen centuries with flair and wit. Shipping overseas will cost extra.Įdward Gibbon’s masterpiece has never been surpassed for scholarship or elegant prose, remaining an everlasting historical classic. Title: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman EmpireĪuthor: Edward Gibbon, Betty Radice and Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (intro and ed)Ĭondition: Hardcover, Illustrated with numerous contemporary engravings.

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