Gibbon (Barnes & Noble Digital Library): English Men of Letters Series

by James Cotter Morison

Overview

This 1878 volume in the English Men of Letters series explores the life of Edward Gibbon, author of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.  According to a contemporary review by Mark Pattison in the Academy, "Future numbers of the series may imitate, they cannot surpass, the present specimen." A splendid perspective on the life of an intriguing man.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781411439078
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble
Publication date:	03/22/2011
Series:	Barnes & Noble Digital Library
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	164
File size:	316 KB
Age Range:	3 Months to 18 Years

About the Author

James Augustus Cotter Morison (1832-1888) was an English historian whose essays were highly influenced by Mark Pattison and Carlyle. He is best known for his Life of St. Bernard (1863) and his two contributions to the English Men of Letters Series, Gibbon (1878) and Macaulay (1882).