The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 1
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作者Edward Gibbon 著
出版社Penguin
出版时间2005-06
版次1
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作者
Edward Gibbon 著
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出版社
Penguin
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出版时间
2005-06
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版次
1
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ISBN
9780140433937
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定价
194.40元
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装帧
平装
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开本
16开
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纸张
胶版纸
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页数
1232页
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正文语种
英语
- 【内容简介】
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EdwardGibbon'ssix-volumeHistoryoftheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire(1776-88)isamongthemostmagnificentandambitiousnarrativesinEuropeanliterature.Itssubjectisthefateofoneoftheworld'sgreatestcivilizationsoverthirteencenturies-itsrulers,warsandsociety,andtheeventsthatledtoitsdisastrouscollapse.Here,involumesoneandtwo,GibbonchartsthevastextentandconstitutionoftheEmpirefromthereignofAugustusto395ad.Andinacontroversialcritique,heexaminestheearlyChurch,withfascinatingaccountsofthefirstChristianandlastpaganemperors,ConstantineandJulian.
- 【作者简介】
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EdwardGibbonwasbornin1737inPutney,England,andwastheonlychildofhisparentstosurviveinfancy.Althoughhiseducationwasfrequentlyinterruptedbyillhealth,hisknowledgewasfar-reaching.HisbriefcareerasanundergraduateatMagdalenCollege,Oxford,endedwhenhejoinedtheCatholicChurch.HisfathersenthimtoLausanne,inSwitzerland,where,whilestudyingGreekandFrenchforthenextfiveyears,here-joinedtheProtestantChurch.In1761hepublishedhisEssaisurl'étudedelaLittérature;theEnglishversionappearedin1764.Meanwhile,GibbonservedasacaptainintheHampshireMilitiauntil1763,whenhereturnedtotheContinent.ItwaswhilehewasinRomein1764thathefirstconceivedtheworkthatwaseventuallytobecomeTheHistoryoftheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpire.In1774,afterthedeathofhisfather,GibbonsettledinLondonandwaselectedtoParliamentwherehesatforthenexteightyears,althoughheneveroncespokeintheCommons.HealsotookhisplaceamongtheliterarycirclesofLondon.ThefirstvolumeofhisfamousHistorywaspublishedin1776;itwashighlypraisedforitslearningandstylebutincurredsomecensureforitstreatmentoftheearlyChristians.Thesecondandthirdvolumesappearedin1781andthefinalthree,whichwerewritteninLausanne,in1788.Hediedwhileonavisittohisfriend,LordSheffield,whoposthumouslyeditedGibbon'sautobiographicalpapersandpublishedthemin1796.
DavidWomersleyteachesatJesusCollege,Oxford,andeditedGibbon'sTheDeclineandFalloftheRomanEmpireforPenguinClassics.
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