Memoirs of My Life (Penguin Classics) Gibbon, Edward Summary Edward Gibbon was one of the world's greatest historians and a towering figure of his age. Edward Gibbon was one of the world's greatest historians and a towering figure of his age. When he died in 1794 he left behind the unfinished drafts of his Memoirs, which were posthumously edited by his friend Lord Sheffield, and remain an astonishing portrait of a rich, full life. Recounting Gibbon's sickly childhood in London, his disappointment with an Oxford 'steeped in port and prejudice', his successful years in Lausanne, his first and only love affair and the monolithic achievement of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, he distils his genius for history into a remarkable gift for autobiography. Candid and detailed, these writings are filled with warmth and intellectual passion. Highlights Easy to enjoy: 240 pages · Paperback By Gibbon, Edward Details ISBN: 0140432175 Author: Gibbon, Edward Format: Paperback Pages: 240 Language: English Publication date: 29 March 1984 Condition: Used – Like New About the authors Gibbon, Edward and Edward Gibbon · Publisher: Penguin UK More about this book Reviews Memoirs of my life, based on recent research into the drafts Gibbon left unfinished, provides a much fuller edition in his own words, with none of the earlier changes or omissions.
