Edward Gibbon

Broschiertes Buch

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

Volume 1

Beschreibung

Gibbon's "The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" (the first volume was originally published in 1776), is one of the most famous texts in the English language. David Womersley's annotated edition returns to manuscript and original sources.

Autor

David Womersley (External Editor, Introducer) David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of Literature at the University of Oxford. Among his interests are Jonathan Swift (he was the general editor of the CUP edition of Swift), Daniel Defoe and Edward Gibbon, whose Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he edited for Penguin Classics.

Produktdetails

• The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
• Verlag: Penguin Books Ltd
• Revised edition
• Seitenzahl: 1232
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 1996
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 196mm x 131mm x 55mm
• Gewicht: 830g
• ISBN-13: 9780140433937
• ISBN-10: 0140433937
• Artikelnr.: 21660903