Edward Gibbon's monumental The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is of enduring interest to literary scholars, classicists and historians of the ancient world. This Companion provides an accessible account of Decline and Fall, along with Gibbon's autobiographical writings: an indispensable guide to the great historian and his work.
Provides an accessible overview of the achievement of Edward Gibbon (1737-94), one of the world's greatest historians.
