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Here is history at its Magnificent and Panormic best by a Brilliant schollar known as " The first modern historian." "I set out upon Gibbion's Decline and fall of the roman empire [and] was immediately dominated by both the story and the style. I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end".
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Epic, classical in form, earnest and plot-driven.
- intimateepic
- classical in formformally daring
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
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About the book
- Author
- Edward Gibbon
- First published
- 1800
- Pages
- 567
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne & Co., <1869>, Washington Square Press, P.E. Collier & Son
- Editions
- 12
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781579125226
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