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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon, Esq.: With an Essay (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
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Memoirs of Edward Gibbon, Esq.: With an Essay (Classic Reprint) (Paperback)
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from breic
It is probably my fault. I wanted a low-effort introduction to Gibbon, and I got a low-effort Gibbon. Despite Churchill's praise, Gibbon just goes on and on. Here he is on his birth, which most writers would skip over, not having any interesting memories of it. > Of these private and public scene...
from DinadansFriend
This is a necessary book for the student of the "decline and Fall of the roman empire". It even has some strokes of wit. The book was originally assembled from Gibbon's papers by his friend Lord sheffield. This is a later edition of the book I read.
from markbstephenson
Magnificent writing as one would expect. His conversion to Catholicism is explained along with the later developments in his beliefs.
from stillatim
What's not to love about a man who writes this well, even when he's not really trying, and gets more upset about intellectual arguments than he does about a faltering love life? Nothing not to love. Gibbon's life wasn't particularly eventful, but this prose would drag me through even a contempora...
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