The decline and fall of the Roman Empire
By: Edward Gibbon ; abridged and with an introduction by Frank C. Bourne
Contributors: Bourne, Frank C.
Publisher: Tess Press
Published: 1963
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 678
ISBN-13: 9781579125226
Subjects: History; Histoire
Work titles: History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
Description: Here is history at its Magnificent and Panormic best by a Brilliant schollar known as " The first modern historian." "I set out upon Gibbion's Decline and fall of the roman empire [and] was immediately dominated by both the story and the style. I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end".
Notes: Abridged.

Originally published 1776-88 under title: The history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire.