The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Volume 2, [The History of the Empire from A.D. 395 to A.D. 1185]
Ashland : Blackstone Audio, 2007.
Format: Eaudiobook
Description: digital
Famous for its stunning breadth of treatment and powerful organization, Gibbon's masterpiece remains the most celebrated history in English literature. Written in a perfect neoclassic style, the prose is elegant, dignified and lucid. Gibbon's erudition is seasoned with an ironic wit, and remarkably little of his work is outdated. This second volume covers 395 A.D. to 1185 A.D., from the reign of Justinian in the East to the establishment of the German Empire of the West. It recounts the desperate attempts to hold off the barbarians, palace revolutions and assassinations, theological controversy, lecheries and betrayals, all in a setting of phenomenal magnificence.
Subjects:
Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
Rome -- History -- Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
Byzantine Empire -- History -- 1081-1453.
Rome -- History -- Empire, 284-476.
Rome -- History -- Germanic Invasions, 3rd-6th centuries.
Byzantine Empire -- History -- 1081-1453.
ISBN:
9781433286957 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Eaudiobook
Downloadable audio file.
Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 40:15:24.
Electronic resource.
Read by Bernard Mayes.
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Title from: Title details screen.
Unabridged.
Duration: 40:15:24.
Electronic resource.
Read by Bernard Mayes.
Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 578599 KB).
Mode of access: World Wide Web.