The Portable Gibbon: The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire

The Modern Reader's Version of a towering work of world literature retaining the core of Gibbons 6 Volumes by Edward Gibbon, Dero A. Saunders (Editor), Charles Alexander Robinson Jr. (Preface) Paperback, 691 pages Published 1952 by The Viking Press The history of The Decline and Fall, set out in Gibbon's first three volumes, was the story of Rome's progressive loss of civic and military capacity, until the western empire was taken over by the barbarian mercenaries recruited to fill the vacuum left by the failure of Rome to defend itself. Book used and with signs of aging on the color of the pages. Covers, corners and page edges have moderate to heavy wear from use and aging. Moderate discoloration.