Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: Fine
Publisher: Bison Books
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 1979
Edition: First Edition

Description: 256 pages. Book and Jacket appear to have hardly been read and are both in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Edited, abridged, and with a critical foreword by Hans-Friedrich Mueller, an introduction by Daniel J. Boorstin, and illustrations by Giovanni Battista Piranesi.Edward Gibbons masterpiece, which narrates the history of the Roman Empire from the second century A.D. to its collapse in the west in the fifth century and in the east in the fifteenth century, is widely considered the greatest work of history ever written. This abridgment retains the full scope of the original, but in a breadth comparable to a novel. Casual readers now have access to the full sweep of Gibbons narrative, while instructors and students have a volume that can be read in a single term. This unique edition emphasizes elements ignored in all other abridgmentsin particular the role of religion in the empire and the rise of Islam.

ISBN: 0861240227