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Books That Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Written by: Leo Damrosch, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Leo Damrosch
- Length: 12 hrs and 14 mins
- Original Recording
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 11
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 11
Published in six volumes between 1776 and 1781, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - for all its renown - can be intimidating. It contains one point five million words, an estimated 8,000 footnotes, a cast of 10,000 historical figures, and a timeline of more than 1,000 years. Yet even today, Gibbon's historical chronicle demands to be understood.
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Great book, horrible narrator.
- By Paul Dalglish on 2022-08-02
- Books That Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
- Written by: Leo Damrosch, The Great Courses
- Narrated by: Leo Damrosch
Not a book but a lecture about a book
Reviewed: 2019-04-07
This is a lecture series dealing with Gibons book series on the Fall of the Roman Empire. Ok if you like lectures but I found it very dry.
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