Gibbon: 173 books

The Dark Ages is a historical periodization traditionally referring to the Middle Ages, that asserts that a demographic, cultural, and economic deterioration occurred in Western Europe following the decline of the Roman Empire. The term employs traditional light-versus-darkness imagery...

Inspired during a trip to Rome to write a work that would come to define a large portion of his life, Gibbon proceeded to write one of the most ambitious histories in the English language. "The History" is an epic narrative, comprised of six volumes, that covers thirteen centuries of Roman...

3 works of Perceval Gibbon Author and journalist, serving for the Rand Daily Mail in South Africa, as well as for other publications (1879-1926) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Perceval Gibbon. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected....

'It was at Rome, on the 15th of October 1764, as I sat musing amid the ruins of the capitol, while the barefooted friars were singing vespers in the temple of Jupiter, that the idea of writing the decline and fall of the city first started to my mind,' recorded Edward Gibbon with characteristic exactitude....

One journalist's wild summer on the road with the world's most popular cult rock band, Phish. Despite their enormous success and their status as America's biggest cult rock and roll band, Phish remains an enigma. Each of their albums has sold more than 500,000 copies, and their concerts sell...

The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, a major literary achievement of the 18th century published in six volumes, was written by the celebrated English historian Edward Gibbon. Volume I was published in 1776, and went through six printings (a remarkable feat for its time). Volumes...

This comprehensive eBook presents the complete works or all the significant works - the Œuvre - of this famous and brilliant writer in one ebook - 9300 pages easy-to-read and easy-to-navigate: • The History Of The Decline And Fall Of The Roman Empire • From The World's Greatest Books— Lives...

Edited and introduced by Tom Crawford. ‘It would be impossible to overestimate Lewis Grassic Gibbon’s importance . . . A Scots Quair is a landmark work; it permeates the Scottish literary consciousness and colours all subsequent writing of its kind.’ David Kerr Cameron Chris Guthrie, torn between...

Originally published in 1877, these two papers are the account by General John Gibbon of the disaster of the Battle of the Little Bighorn. They are fascinating for their first-hand account by a member of the relieving forces just two days after the battle had begun. Gibbon writes of the lead-up to...

L'opera copre la storia dell'Impero romano da Traiano, dal 98 al 1453, concludendosi nel 1590. Egli prese come materiale per il suo lavoro i comportamenti e le decisioni che portarono prima alla lunga decadenza e poi alla caduta dell'Impero romano: Impero bizantino e Impero romano d'occidente,...

L'opera copre la storia dell'Impero romano da Traiano, dal 98 al 1453, concludendosi nel 1590. Egli prese come materiale per il suo lavoro i comportamenti e le decisioni che portarono prima alla lunga decadenza e poi alla caduta dell'Impero romano: Impero bizantino e Impero romano d'occidente,...

L'opera copre la storia dell'Impero romano da Traiano, dal 98 al 1453, concludendosi nel 1590. Egli prese come materiale per il suo lavoro i comportamenti e le decisioni che portarono prima alla lunga decadenza e poi alla caduta dell'Impero romano: Impero bizantino e Impero romano d'occidente,...

L'opera copre la storia dell'Impero romano da Traiano, dal 98 al 1453, concludendosi nel 1590. Egli prese come materiale per il suo lavoro i comportamenti e le decisioni che portarono prima alla lunga decadenza e poi alla caduta dell'Impero romano: Impero bizantino e Impero romano d'occidente,...

L'opera copre la storia dell'Impero romano da Traiano, dal 98 al 1453, concludendosi nel 1590. Egli prese come materiale per il suo lavoro i comportamenti e le decisioni che portarono prima alla lunga decadenza e poi alla caduta dell'Impero romano: Impero bizantino e Impero romano d'occidente,...