Book description
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.
Edward Gibbon (1737-94) studied briefly at Magdalen College, Oxford
and at Lausanne, Switzerland before being elected to Parliament in
1774. DECLINE & FALL was written over 12 years and established his
reputation as a pre-eminent Classical historian.
David Womersley, Official Fellow and Tutor in English Literature at
Jesus College Oxford, is the author of The Transformation of the
Decline & Fall of the Roman Empire (CUP) and edited the 3-volume
edition of DECLINE & FALL for Penguin Classics.
