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Informationen zum Autor David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of Literature at the University of Oxford. Among his interests are Jonathan Swift (he was the general editor of the CUP edition of Swift), Daniel Defoe and Edward Gibbon, whose Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he edited for Penguin Classics. David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of Literature at the University of Oxford. Among his interests are Jonathan Swift (he was the general editor of the CUP edition of Swift), Daniel Defoe and Edward Gibbon, whose Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he edited for Penguin Classics. David Womersley is the Thomas Warton Professor of Literature at the University of Oxford. Among his interests are Jonathan Swift (he was the general editor of the CUP edition of Swift), Daniel Defoe and Edward Gibbon, whose Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire he edited for Penguin Classics. Klappentext Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and the events that led to its disastrous collapse. Here, in volumes three and four, Gibbon vividly recounts the waves of barbarian invaders under commanders such as Alaric and Attila, who overran and eventually destroyed the West. He then turns his gaze to events in the East, where even the achievements of the Byzantine emperor Justinian and the campaigns of the brilliant military leader Belisarius could not conceal the fundamental weaknesses of their empire. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators. Zusammenfassung Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, this title provides a selection and bridging commentary that enables the reader to acquire a general sense of the progress and argument of the author's work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Abridged with a New Introduction and Notes by David Womersley Abbreviations Introduction Selected Further Reading A Note on the Text Chronology Gibbon's Prefaces Chapter I Chapter II Chapter III [Chapters IV-VI] Chapter VII [Chapters VIII-XIV] Chapter XV [Chapters XVI-XXI] Chapter XXII Chapter XXIII Chapter XXIV [Chapters XXV-XXVII] Chapter XXVIII [Chapters XXIX-XXXIII] Chapter XXXIV Chapter XXXV [Chapters XXXVI-XXXVIII] General Observations on the Fall of the Roman Empire in the West [Chapter XXXIX] Chapter XL Chapter XLI [Chapters XLII-XLIX] Chapter L [Chapters LI-LIII] Chapter LIV [Chapters LV-LXVII] Chapter LXVIII [Chapters LXIX-LXX] Chapter LXXI Biographica ...
