Edward Gibbon

Here in a single volume is the entire, unabridged recording of Gibbon's masterpiece....

For listeners eager to experience Gibbon’s brilliant primary historicism, to understand the long decline of Rome—and the reasons for the Empire’s demise—there exists no better or more accessible condensation of Decline and Fall.

Some 250 years after its first publication, Gibbon's Decline and Fall is still regarded as one of the greatest histories in Western literature....

Gibbon's masterpiece on Rome is a monument of literature and a model of modern historical research....

Memoirs of My Life, published posthumously in 1796, wholly unveils the character of the world’s greatest historian in full candor and openness....

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has always maintained its initial appeal to both the general public and scholars alike....

Gibbon ends his masterful history by charting the rise of the Turkish nation and the birth of the Ottoman Empire....

Gibbon's monumental work traces the history of more than 13 centuries, covering the great events as well as the general historical progression....

This third volume of Gibbon's masterpiece covers the years A.D. 1185 to A.D. 1453 and explores the rise of Islam....

Volume Two begins with the accession of the Roman Emperor Valens in the year 364, a period which heralded vast movements of barbarian tribes from the north and east....

Starting with the reign of Emperor Gratian (d. 383) Gibbon's survey moves to political and religious issues in the East and West before covering the increasing military power of the Barbarians....

Some 250 years after its first publication, Gibbon's Decline and Fall is still regarded as one of the greatest histories in Western literature.....

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire has always maintained its initial appeal to both the general public and scholars alike....

In Volume Three, Gibbon picks up his story with the chaotic events following the retreat of the Eastern Roman Empire from the Italian peninsula in the seventh century....