Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, published between
1776 and 1788, is the undisputed masterpiece of English historical
writing which can only perish with the language itself. Its length
alone is a measure of its monumental quality: seventy-one chapters,
of which twenty-eight appear in full in this edition. With style,
learning and wit, Gibbon takes the reader through the history of
Europe from the second century AD to the fall of Constantinople in
1453 - an enthralling account by 'the greatest of the historians of
the Enlightenment'. This edition includes Gibbon's footnotes and
quotations, here translated for the first time, together with brief
explanatory comments, a precis of the chapters not included, 16
maps, a glossary, and a list of emperors.
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