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Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley''s masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon''s achievement.

Table of Contents
Abridged with a New Introduction and Notes by David Womersley

Abbreviations
Introduction
Selected Further Reading
A Note on the Text
Chronology

Gibbon's Prefaces
Chapter I
Chapter II
Chapter III
[Chapters IV-VI]
Chapter VII
[Chapters VIII-XIV]
Chapter XV
[Chapters XVI-XXI]
Chapter XXII
Chapter XXIII
Chapter XXIV
[Chapters XXV-XXVII]
Chapter XXVIII
[Chapters XXIX-XXXIII]
Chapter XXXIV
Chapter XXXV
[Chapters XXXVI-XXXVIII]
General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West
[Chapter XXXIX]
Chapter XL
Chapter XLI
[Chapters XLII-XLIX]
Chapter L
[Chapters LI-LIII]
Chapter LIV
[Chapters LV-LXVII]
Chapter LXVIII
[Chapters LXIX-LXX]
Chapter LXXI

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The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman

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      Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
      Publication Date: 19/06/2000
      ISBN13: 9780140437645, 978-0140437645
      ISBN10: 0140437649
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley''s masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the whole work and displays the full variety of Gibbon''s achievement.

      Table of Contents
      Abridged with a New Introduction and Notes by David Womersley

      Abbreviations
      Introduction
      Selected Further Reading
      A Note on the Text
      Chronology

      Gibbon's Prefaces
      Chapter I
      Chapter II
      Chapter III
      [Chapters IV-VI]
      Chapter VII
      [Chapters VIII-XIV]
      Chapter XV
      [Chapters XVI-XXI]
      Chapter XXII
      Chapter XXIII
      Chapter XXIV
      [Chapters XXV-XXVII]
      Chapter XXVIII
      [Chapters XXIX-XXXIII]
      Chapter XXXIV
      Chapter XXXV
      [Chapters XXXVI-XXXVIII]
      General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West
      [Chapter XXXIX]
      Chapter XL
      Chapter XLI
      [Chapters XLII-XLIX]
      Chapter L
      [Chapters LI-LIII]
      Chapter LIV
      [Chapters LV-LXVII]
      Chapter LXVIII
      [Chapters LXIX-LXX]
      Chapter LXXI

      Biographica

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