Edward Gibbon: 104 books

Edward Gibbon was one of the world's greatest historians and a towering figure of his age. When he died in 1794 he left behind the unfinished drafts of his Memoirs, which were posthumously edited by his friend Lord Sheffield, and remain an astonishing portrait of a rich, full life. Recounting Gibbon's...

Edited, abridged, and with a critical Foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller Introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin Illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi Edward Gibbon’s masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in the...

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (sometimes shortened to Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire) is abook of history written by the English historian Edward Gibbon, which traces the trajectory of Western civilization (as well as theIslamic and Mongolian conquests)...

Inspired during a trip to Rome to write a work that would come to define a large portion of his life, Gibbon proceeded to write one of the most ambitious histories in the English language. "The History" is an epic narrative, comprised of six volumes, that covers thirteen centuries of Roman...

Inspired during a trip to Rome to write a work that would come to define a large portion of his life, Gibbon proceeded to write one of the most ambitious histories in the English language. "The History" is an epic narrative, comprised of six volumes, that covers thirteen centuries of Roman...

Inspired during a trip to Rome to write a work that would come to define a large portion of his life, Gibbon proceeded to write one of the most ambitious histories in the English language. "The History" is an epic narrative, comprised of six volumes, that covers thirteen centuries of Roman...

Inspired during a trip to Rome to write a work that would come to define a large portion of his life, Gibbon proceeded to write one of the most ambitious histories in the English language. "The History" is an epic narrative, comprised of six volumes, that covers thirteen centuries of Roman...

Inspired during a trip to Rome to write a work that would come to define a large portion of his life, Gibbon proceeded to write one of the most ambitious histories in the English language. "The History" is an epic narrative, comprised of six volumes, that covers thirteen centuries of Roman...

Inspired during a trip to Rome to write a work that would come to define a large portion of his life, Gibbon proceeded to write one of the most ambitious histories in the English language. "The History" is an epic narrative, comprised of six volumes, that covers thirteen centuries of Roman...

L'opera copre la storia dell'Impero romano da Traiano, dal 98 al 1453, concludendosi nel 1590. Egli prese come materiale per il suo lavoro i comportamenti e le decisioni che portarono prima alla lunga decadenza e poi alla caduta dell'Impero romano: Impero bizantino e Impero romano d'occidente,...

L'opera copre la storia dell'Impero romano da Traiano, dal 98 al 1453, concludendosi nel 1590. Egli prese come materiale per il suo lavoro i comportamenti e le decisioni che portarono prima alla lunga decadenza e poi alla caduta dell'Impero romano: Impero bizantino e Impero romano d'occidente,...

L'opera copre la storia dell'Impero romano da Traiano, dal 98 al 1453, concludendosi nel 1590. Egli prese come materiale per il suo lavoro i comportamenti e le decisioni che portarono prima alla lunga decadenza e poi alla caduta dell'Impero romano: Impero bizantino e Impero romano d'occidente,...

L'opera copre la storia dell'Impero romano da Traiano, dal 98 al 1453, concludendosi nel 1590. Egli prese come materiale per il suo lavoro i comportamenti e le decisioni che portarono prima alla lunga decadenza e poi alla caduta dell'Impero romano: Impero bizantino e Impero romano d'occidente,...

L'opera copre la storia dell'Impero romano da Traiano, dal 98 al 1453, concludendosi nel 1590. Egli prese come materiale per il suo lavoro i comportamenti e le decisioni che portarono prima alla lunga decadenza e poi alla caduta dell'Impero romano: Impero bizantino e Impero romano d'occidente,...