The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Author: Edward Gibbon
Instead of inquiring why the Roman empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long’Edward Gibbon’s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, irony and incisive character analysis. Sceptical about Christianity, sympathetic to the barbarian invaders and the….Read More
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