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Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon · 1796 · 512 pages
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Edward Gibbon, the great eighteenth-century historian, reflects on his own life and work in an autobiography as elegant and penetrating as his famous history of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire. The memoirs reveal the intellectual formation of one of the greatest writers in the English language and his thinking on history, religion, and culture.
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| Author | Edward Gibbon |
|---|---|
| Original title | Memoirs of My Life |
| Year of publication | 1796 |
| Pages | 512 |
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