The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume 1 (Paperback)

from Devil_llama

A classic of historical literature, in two volumes. The author details the history to the fall in the first volume, and the byzantine period in the second volume.

from andyray

My interest in this six volume history by Gibbons is NOT the Roman Empire, but the history of the rise of the Christian church. Unfortunately, he begins with circa 150 C. E. on page 504 of this volume, and many of his "pronouncements of fact" are qualified by annotator Milman. A nice set in need ...

from LisaMaria_C

I feel decidedly ambivalent about this book. My rating reflects that ultimately I didn't want to stick with it; I didn't find its pleasures and degree of informativeness worth the slogging through. This is the slowest read I've ever encountered--slower reading than James Joyce's Ulysses. And yet ...

from markbstephenson

Gibbon's wry sense of humor should be noted in addition to the many superlatives which he richly deserves.

from markbstephenson

Gibbon's wry sense of humor should be noted in addition to the many superlatives which he richly deserves.