James Cotter Morison

Gibbon

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Produktbeschreibung

James Cotter Morison provides a comprehensive biography of the English historian Edward Gibbon, best known for his monumental work The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Drawing on extensive research, Morison offers a detailed portrait of Gibbon's life and intellectual legacy. This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute this work, as no entity (individual or corporate) has a copyright on the body of the work. Scholars believe, and we concur, that this work is important enough to be preserved, reproduced, and made generally available to the public. We appreciate your support of the preservation process, and thank you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Creative Media Partners, LLC
• Seitenzahl: 160
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 404g
• ISBN-13: 9781019777442
• ISBN-10: 1019777443
• Artikelnr.: 71611863

Inhaltsangabe

1. Gibbon's early life up to the time of his leaving Oxford
2. At Lausanne
3. In the militia
4. The Italian journey
5. Literary schemes. The history of Switzerland. Dissertation on the sixth Aeneid. Father's death. Settlement in London
6. Life in London. Parliament. The Board of Trade. The Decline and Fall. Migration to Lausanne
7. The first three volumes of The Decline and Fall
8. The last ten years of his life at Lausanne
9. The last three volumes of The Decline and Fall
10. Last illness. Death. Conclusion.