The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, Vol. 3
- Author Edward Gibbon
- Narrator Bernard Mayes
- Publisher Craig Black
- Publish Date 3 December 2007
- Run Time 39 hours and 5 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre European history, European history: medieval period, middle ages, European history: the Romans.
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Considered one of the finest historical works in the English language, The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is lauded for its graceful, elegant prose style as much as for its grand scope and considerable accuracy. It is a remarkable survey of what the author calls "the greatest and, perhaps, most awful scene in the history of mankind."
This third volume of Gibbon's masterpiece covers the years 1185 to 1453 and explores the rise of Islam, the Crusades, the invention of gunpowder, Genghis Khan and the Mongol invasions, the Turkish conquests, and the beginning of the Renaissance.
The publication of this work in 1788 ended twenty years of Gibbon's contemplation and vast research on his subject and made this virtually self-educated man the most famous historian of his time.
Critics Review
u201cI set out uponu2026Gibbonu2019s Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire [and] was immediately dominated both by the story and the styleu2026I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.u201d
u201c[Gibbon] stood on the summit of the Renaissance achievement and looked back over the waste of history to ancient Rome, as from one mountain top to another.u201d
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