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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (Penguin Classics) Paperback – Abridged, 19 Jun 2000

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  • Paperback: 848 pages
  • Publisher: Penguin Classics; Abridged Ed edition (19 Jun. 2000)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0140437649
  • ISBN-13: 978-0140437645
  • Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 4 x 19.9 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (30 customer reviews)
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About the Author

Edward Gibbon (1737-94) studied briefly at Magdalen College, Oxford and at Lausanne, Switzerland before being elected to Parliament in 1774. DECLINE & FALL was written over 12 years and established his reputation as a pre-eminent Classical historian.
David Womersley, Official Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at Jesus College Oxford, is the author of The Transformation of the Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire (CUP) and edited the 3-volume edition of DECLINE & FALL for Penguin Classics.

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4.0 out of 5 starsA classic made more accessible with a Kindle
By A. J. Martyr on 2 Sept. 2011
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I did not have an education that majored in the classics and having given up Latin before O levels, I think I fall short of the target audience of the original author and subsequent editor.
One needs stamina and determination to read the book from cover to cover but the story it tells and the manner of its telling I found compelling.
The great advantage of reading it on a Kindle is that if like me your vocabulary is inadequate to the task then you are able to use the inbuilt dictionary as you proceed.
The story told is epic in every way and the lessons learnt have considerable relevance to today's society - for example, as riots were breaking out recently in Birmingham and London I read the following paragraph:
"Whenever numerous groups of banditti, multiplied by success and impunity, publicly defy, instead of eluding the justice of their country, we may safely infer, that the excessive weakness of the government is felt and abused by the lowest ranks of the community"
The sentence length, multiple levels of parenthesis, syntax and vocabulary require a greater level of concentration on behalf of the reader than then of a modern history book but the effort is worth it.
The edition lost one star by not translating into English some (not all) of the footnotes left in Latin.
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5.0 out of 5 starsDecline and Fall
By Herridgerose on 20 Jan. 2014
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I've not read all of these books, but I dip into them, with constant pleasure at the style and clarity and the occasional sharp remark. Definitely a set of books to keep and treasure and marvel at the work that went into them. Later histories may be easier to read at length but few have the breadth of Gibbon.
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4.0 out of 5 starsWell worth the low price
By JS on 12 Jan. 2015
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This kindle version saves about a foot of shelf space. This version has notes at the end of each chapter which are hard to differentiate from the text which is slightly annoying but for the price its great value.
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The item was as described and arrived in the specified time slot
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