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Gibbon (Paperback)
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Gibbon (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - English Men of Letters
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Described by his biographer as the author of 'monumental and
supreme' histories, Edward Gibbon (1737-94) is widely acknowledged
as a major figure of the Enlightenment and the father of modern
historical scholarship. However, despite these epithets, the
personal life of one of the eighteenth century's most successful
authors remains unknown to many of his readers. Published in the
first series of English Men of Letters in 1878 (and going into a
second edition in the same year), this biography by James Cotter
Morison (1832-88) provides a learned but accessible account of the
man who wrote The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Starting
with a childhood plagued by ill health and infirmity, and covering
Gibbon's time in the militia and travelling on the Grand Tour,
Morison leads readers through a life which was apparently
unremarkable, but in fact resulted in a work of enduring scholarly
achievement.
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