by Edward Gibbon · Alba Editorial · tapa dura · ISBN 9788484280538
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«Historia de la decadencia y caída del Imperio Romano» is the historical essay by Edward Gibbon, published by Alba Editorial in hardcover (504 pages).
A major work of European historiography: it covers the history of Rome and Byzantium over thirteen hundred years, from the age of Marcus Aurelius to the fall of the Byzantine Empire, and integrates the histories of the peoples linked to Rome and the spiritual movements of each era, with Gibbon's characteristic irony and wit.
Volume VII of the Clásica Maior collection, abridged edition by Dero A. Saunders and translation by Carmen Francí. The original work was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788; this edition, in 2000.
A reference work for fans of ancient history, the Roman Empire and the great classics of European historiography.
Edward Gibbon was a British essayist, historian and politician. His most important and influential work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1789, to critical and commercial success. It is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its polemical criticism of organised religion.
