Easily the most celebrated historical work in English, Gibbon's account of the Roman empire was in its time a landmark in classical & historical scholarship & remains a remarkable fresh & powerful contribution to the interpretation of Roman history more than two hundred years after its first appearance. Its fame, however, rests more on the exceptional clarity, scope & force of its argument, & the brilliance of its style, which is still a delight to read. Furthermore, both argument & style embody the Enlightenment values of rationality, lucidity & order to which Gibbon so passionately subscribed & to which his HISTORY is such a magnificent monument. ...

The first three volumes of Gibbon's DECLINE & FALL (the western empire) were published by Everyman in 1993. Volumes 4-6 complete the set which is now available for the first time in many years. This year is the bicentenary of Gibbon's death, which has been widely noticed in the press, but even after two hundred years his book is still an authoritative work on Roman history. What is more, it remains wonderfully readable: witty, elegant & intriguing, full of the author's own personality. The six-volume Everyman edition
- the only complete one now available-prints the entire text of the book with all Gibbon's own notes, later editorial commentaries, maps, tables, descriptive tables of contents, indices, appendices & two magisterial essays on the author & his work by Hugh Trevor-Roper.
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In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC.

Lying unnoticed for months amongst their hard-won haul was what appeared to be a formless lump of corroded rock, which turned out to be the most stunning scientific artefact we have from antiquity. For more than a century this

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In 1900 a group of sponge divers blown off course in the Mediterranean discovered an Ancient Greek shipwreck dating from around 70 BC.

Lying unnoticed for months amongst their hard-won haul was what appeared to be a formless lump of corroded rock, which turned out to be the most stunning scientific artefact we have from antiquity. For more than a century this

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Written in a clear & concise A to Z format, Decoding the Lost Symbol is the essential guide to the thrilling third Dan Brown ...

Written in a clear & concise A to Z format, Decoding the Lost Symbol is the essential guide to the thrilling third Dan Brown ...

Nick Stone's future never looked so bleak. The only person he ever loved is dead. The only people who might give him a reason not to join her have turned their backs. Until a chance encounter with a man he saved ten years ago appears to throw him a lifeline -But on the bullet- & bomb-scarred streets of Baghdad, second chances are in short supply. A simple quest becomes a journey to the heart of a chilling conspiracy to assassinate the one man Stone believes can offer some salvation, but whom the darker forces of the West will stop at nothing to destroy - ...