Private Letters of Edward Gibbon, 1753-1794. With an Iintroduction by the Earl of Sheffield. Volume 2


  • Author: Edward Gibbon
  • Edward Gibbon decided to write about Rome's collapse while he was visiting ruins in Italy; twelve years later, in 1776, he released the first volume of his History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, putting himself among the foremost historians of his time. As a teenager, Gibbon converted to Catholicism, leading his irate father to send him to live with a Calvinist in Switzerland. There, Gibbon perfected his knowledge of Latin and became fluent in French; even after he returned to England and converted back to Protestantism, Gibbon wrote many articles in the latter language. His Decline and Fall remains a mammoth among all historical studies.

  • ISBN: 9781421214993
  • ISBN: 9781421214986
  • Book details: This Elibron Classics title is a reprint of the original edition published by John Murray in London, 1896. This book is in English. This book contains 438 pages.
  • Edition: Elibron Classics
  • Book ID: 110500
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