书名：Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire: Vols 1-3: Edward Gibbon: 3 Volume Set (Everyman's Library CLASSICS)

作者：Edward Gibbon

出版社名称：Everyman

出版时间：1993

语种：英语

ISBN：9781857150957

商品尺寸：13.8 x 11.4 x 21.5 cm

包装：精装

页数：1952（以实物为准）

Easily the most celebrated historical work in English, Gibbon's account of the Roman empire was in its time a landmark in classical and historical scholarship and remains a remarkable fresh and powerful contribution to the interpretation of Roman history more than two hundred years after its first appearance. Its fame, however, rests more on the exceptional clarity, scope and force of its argument, and the brilliance of its style, which is still a delight to read. Furthermore, both argument and style embody the Enlightenment values of rationality, lucidity and order to which Gibbon so passionately subscribed and to which his HISTORY is such a magnificent monument.

Edward Gibbon (/?ɡ?b?n/; 8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The Decline and Fall is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of organized religion.

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