# The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

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- Book: [The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire](https://www.bookquiver.com/edward-gibbon/the-history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire) ([The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/edward-gibbon/the-history-of-the-decline-and-fall-of-the-roman-empire.md))
- Authors: [Edward Gibbon](https://www.bookquiver.com/edward-gibbon)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4190-658-4
- Published: 2000-06-19
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-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.