Gibbon

by J.W. Burrow

Book Overview

This accessible introduction traces the development of Gibbon's vocation as 'the historian of the Roman Empire, ' and the influences and attitudes of the mid-18th century that were to shape the Decline and Fall.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0192875531
• ISBN13: 9780192875532
• Release Date: May 1985
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 112 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.