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Gibbon

Autor James Cotter Morison
en Paperback – 5 apr 2010
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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781445582177
ISBN-10: 1445582171
Pagini: 188
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 10 mm
Greutate: 0.25 kg
Editura: Narahari Press

Cuprins

1. Gibbon's early life up to the time of his leaving Oxford; 2. At Lausanne; 3. In the militia; 4. The Italian journey; 5. Literary schemes. The history of Switzerland. Dissertation on the sixth Aeneid. Father's death. Settlement in London; 6. Life in London. Parliament. The Board of Trade. The Decline and Fall. Migration to Lausanne; 7. The first three volumes of The Decline and Fall; 8. The last ten years of his life at Lausanne; 9. The last three volumes of The Decline and Fall; 10. Last illness. Death. Conclusion.

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Published in 1878, Morison's definitive biography provides a learned but accessible account of the father of modern historical scholarship.