

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Volume II
Author: Edward Gibbon
Narrator: David Timson
Unabridged: 22 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 03/03/2014
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Roman History
Author: Edward Gibbon
Narrator: David Timson
Unabridged: 22 hr 31 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Naxos
Published: 03/03/2014
Categories: Nonfiction, History, Roman History
Edward Gibbon (1737–1794), an English historian and member of Parliament, had little formal education. He went to Oxford, but was forced to leave when he converted to Roman Catholicism. His family then sent him to Lausanne, where he was reconverted to Protestantism. His most important work, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788.
As I’ve already written two panegyric reviews of Gibbon, I’ll keep this one short. In fact, I only want to say something briefly about prose style. Anyone who peruses a few books on writing will notice some similarities. We are advised to write short sentences, to use simple words, and generally to......more
Extraordinary like Part 1, Gibbon takes us from the period following Constantine forward about 600 years to the 11th century. It is masterful writing full of sarcasm and humor which helps one muddle through the thousands of names and dynasties. I really enjoyed his discussion of the Goths and the Hu......more
Ah, the paradoxes of contemporary publishing: Gibbon is generally divided into three books, with two 'volumes' per book; here we have volumes three and four. That makes perfectly good sense, on the one hand, since six books would be very expensive and two books would each be unwieldy. However, due t......more
Luego de la ciclópea y a la vez, mágica y estimulante labor de leer las 1.178 páginas que componen este volumen II de la "Decadencia y caída del Imperio Romano" de su señoría Edward Gibbon, es importante resaltar que la presente reseña sólo se ocupará de la formidable y soberbia edición de Atalanta......more