【英文原版】Edward Gibbon：Memoirs of My Life 吉本自传

图书标准信息

• 作者 Edward Gibbon 著；Betty Radice 编
• 出版社 Penguin Classics
• 出版时间 1984-07
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780140432176
• 定价 130.40元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

EdwardGibbonwasoneoftheworld'sgreatesthistoriansandatoweringfigureofhisage.Whenhediedin1794heleftbehindtheunfinisheddraftsofhisMemoirs,whichwereposthumouslyeditedbyhisfriendLordSheffield,andremainanastonishingportraitofarich,fulllife.RecountingGibbon'ssicklychildhoodinLondon,hisdisappointmentwithanOxfordsteepedinportandprejudice',hissuccessfulyearsinLausanne,hisfirstandonlyloveaffairandthemonolithicachievementof"TheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire",hedistilshisgeniusforhistoryintoaremarkablegiftforautobiography.Candidanddetailed,thesewritingsarefilledwithwarmthandintellectualpassion.

【作者简介】

EdwardGibbon(1737-1794)wasarguablythemostinfluentialhistoriansincethetimeofTacitus.Hismagnumopus,TheHistoryoftheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire,firstpublishedin1776,isagroundbreakingworkwhoseinfluenceendurestothisday.EditedbyBettyRadice