The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

图书标准信息

• 作者 Edward、Hans-Friedrich Mueller 著
• 出版社 Random House US
• 出版时间 2003-08
• 版次 1
• ISBN 9780375758119
• 定价 179.00元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 32开
• 纸张 胶版纸
• 页数 1312页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Modern Library Classics

【内容简介】

Edited,abridged,andwithacriticalForewordbyHans-FriedrichMueller
IntroductionbyDanielJ.Boorstin
IllustrationsbyGiovanniBattistaPiranesi

EdwardGibbon’smasterpiece,whichnarratesthehistoryoftheRomanEmpirefromthesecondcenturyA.D.toitscollapseinthewestinthefifthcenturyandintheeastinthefifteenthcentury,iswidelyconsideredthegreatestworkofhistoryeverwritten.Thisabridgmentretainsthefullscopeoftheoriginal,butinabreadthcomparabletoanovel.CasualreadersnowhaveaccesstothefullsweepofGibbon’snarrative,whileinstructorsandstudentshaveavolumethatcanbereadinasingleterm.Thisuniqueeditionemphasizeselementsignoredinallotherabridgments—inparticulartheroleofreligionintheempireandtheriseofIslam.

【作者简介】

Hans-FriedrichMuelleristheWilliamD.WilliamsProfessorofClassicsatUnionCollegeinSchenectady,NewYork,andtheauthorofRomanReligioninValeriusMaximus.

DanielJ.Boorstin,PulitzerPrize–winninghistorianandLibrarianofCongressemeritus,istheauthorofmanybooks,includingTheCreatorsandTheDiscoverers.