Lionel Gossman, Gossman Lionel

The Empire Unpossess'd

An Essay on Gibbon's Decline and Fall

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire demands and deserves the kind of attention readers habitually grant to the classics of fictional literature.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. November 2008
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 10mm
• Gewicht: 270g
• ISBN-13: 9780521103459
• ISBN-10: 0521103452
• Artikelnr.: 25686746

Inhaltsangabe

1. A name, a rank, a character, in the world
2. The plenitude of paternal power
3. The vacant space of the eternal city
4. A liberal education and understanding
5. Order and perspicuity
6. A fair and authentic history.