Title:
Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire, The
Genre:
History
Cultural Studies
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Binding:
Hardcover
Edition:
1st
Narrative:
First Person
Type of Book:
Non-Fiction
Number of Pages:
924
Number of Chapters:
71
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:42:12
Synopsis:
Edward Gibbon does with words what an artist does with a paint brush. One reviewer said that reading Gibbon’s prose was like HD TV. This is true. In fact, Winston Churchill copied Edward Gibbons style. He doesn’t come close to the master, but it still won him the Nobel Prize in literature.
Gibbon didn’t even have a dictionary when he wrote this and he can create images in you mind whilst you read!
Many reviewers keep talking about Gibbon’s claim that it was Christianity that weakened the empire. This is only partly true. Gibbon spends much time talking psychology, power politics, general weakening of a decadent people and many other piercing insights into the general idiocy and brutality of the times.
Words can’t describe the genius of Edward Gibbon.
Gibbon didn’t even have a dictionary when he wrote this and he can create images in you mind whilst you read!
Many reviewers keep talking about Gibbon’s claim that it was Christianity that weakened the empire. This is only partly true. Gibbon spends much time talking psychology, power politics, general weakening of a decadent people and many other piercing insights into the general idiocy and brutality of the times.
Words can’t describe the genius of Edward Gibbon.
Author:
Edward Gibbon
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Publisher:
Harcourt, Brace and Company
Country:
United States
Place of Printing:
Usa
Publication Date:
1960-06-01
Photos By:
None
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Number of Copies:
1
Editor:
D.M. Low
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Language:
English
Publisher Location:
New York, New York, USA.
Date Added:
2018-06-26 17:42:12
