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The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Audio CD – Audiobook, November 1, 1995

by Edward Gibbon (Author), Philip Madoc (Narrator), Neville Jason (Narrator)

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Chronicles "the triumph of barbarism and religion" in the disruption of the unified empire, the rise of Christianity, and the progress of the Huns.

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6 pages
Language

English
Publisher

Naxos Audio Books
Publication date

November 1, 1995
Dimensions

5.75 x 1.5 x 5 inches
ISBN-10

9626340711
ISBN-13

978-9626340714
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Sticklers for the unadorned historical facts absent from Hughes's first chapters need look no further than this mighty six-volume work of scholarship published between 1776 and 1788. It's a slog - unabridged it would be 100 hours - but both Gibbon's prose and Madoc's reading are rich, dense, magisterial and satisfying. Like Christmas pudding. --Sue Arnold, The Guardian

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Publisher ‏ : ‎ Naxos Audio Books; Abridged edition (November 1, 1995)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
Audio CD ‏ : ‎ 6 pages
ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 9626340711
ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-9626340714
Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 8.4 ounces
Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 5.75 x 1.5 x 5 inches

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Edward Gibbon

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Edward Gibbon (/ˈɡɪbən/; 8 May 1737 – 16 January 1794) was an English historian and Member of Parliament. His most important work, The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, was published in six volumes between 1776 and 1788. The Decline and Fall is known for the quality and irony of its prose, its use of primary sources, and its open criticism of organized religion.

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A Book for the intellectional in your life...

Reviewed in the United States on October 9, 2014

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If you ever want to understand the deception of the political mind...reasoning's behind all the depth and breath of ethics or socio-political or even all the religious chaos amid power-mad individuals running nations and armies through power and authority. Get this item.

Did you ever desire to grasp upon the Laural's of leaders of nations searching for something greater than itself?

Get a copy of Gibbon, my friend.

Why...my Oxford educated professor used to tell all his students with a keen sense of historical perspective toward the future that "...until one reads (or listens) this one book by Edward Gibbon ...they shall never understand the complexity of socio-political or military-religious issues on any real world-wide or depth of scale...and history could easily repeat itself.

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Robert W. Weibel

Dramatic and Informative audio book version

Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2007

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Philip Madoc convincingly relates Gibbon's great insights into the history and significance of the final centuries of the Roman Empire in this 6 CD set. Abridged by neccesity, nevertheless Neville Jason comments between Gibbon's passage recited by Philip Madoc, and fills the gaps with a coherent narration. The whole production flows smoothly and dramatically, quite easy to follow. This is one of the most worthwhile audio book puchases I've ever made.

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Abridgement Misses Some Interesting Material

Reviewed in the United States on October 1, 2004

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Although this CD abridgement (CD Volume I of the two volume CD set) of the first (Western) half of Gibbon's "Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire" gives some sense of this monumental and influential work, I was disappointed that most of the passages selected for the abridgement were the more mundane historical passages telling of the succession of the emperors and the battles they fought.

Gibbon is most noted for his interpretation of the history of the late Roman empire (whether one agrees with that interpretation or not) and for his English prose style. Some of this style, which is a monument of English prose, comes through in this abridgement, but little of his analysis does. For example, I would have liked a lot more material from the critical chapters 15 and 16, in which he lays out his controversial theory about Christianity being one of the two major contributors to the decline and fall.

The two voices on the CD, one to read excerpts from Gibbon and the other to summarize the intervening passages missing from the abridgement, are in melodious British English and pleasant to listen to. I would quibble only about the pronunciation of some of the names.

It seems these days that with so many supposedly educated people having an appalling lack of Latin, accentation becomes a matter of whim rather than correctness. For example, Commodus is correctly accented on the first syllable, not the second. Severus is correctly accented on the second syllable, not the first. For those knowing their Latin, little shudders creep up the spine upon hearing these solecisms. I am sure that Gibbon, who was fluent in both Latin and Greek, would *not* have approved!

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Barrie W. Bracken

classic literature with classic music equals classic disappointment

Reviewed in the United States on December 14, 2008

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I'll not attempot a short review of Gibbon. All I can do here is offer my opinion of the audio CD presented by Amazon.

It is alwys profitable to read the book than see the movie or hear the CD. My reasons for buying this recording is because my eyes don't work so well anymore and I've many other works to spend sight on. There is a problem with this. It is hard to follow the book because of some unadvertised problems:
1. The music on the recording is very nice but it doesn't add to the absorption of the book. This is not a work of poetry or a romance novel.
2. The presentation is too theatrical for my taste. Also the British accent of the narrators distract the listeners thought from the text to being sure you understand the text being read sith un-American pronunciation. Call me provincial but I find accents add a problem to paying attention to the text.
3. No one says this is the complete text of the work, but having gone through half the CD's, I still find a lack of continuity that I doubt would serve even the beginner in Roman history.

It is for this beginner that I award two stars.

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got this as a gift for my husband who listens ...

Reviewed in the United States on July 30, 2015

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got this as a gift for my husband who listens to it on his commute. he is LOVING it. I mean he really raved about it, which is unusual for him. I am poised to get part 2.

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Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2016

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good.

Reviewed in the United States on January 13, 2016

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informative

Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2007

Tremendous amount of information and lots of historical data. Problem is the guy who wrote the book can speak the real english language and I often thought I was listning to a foreign language tape. I learned a lot and woud recomend this to anyone who wonders how something as great as the empire was, fell apart. Great learning experience.

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Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 11, 2012

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Wonderful, sonorous, arresting account of the last 400 years of the western Roman empire. The magisterial prose requires your full attention and rewards you with epic tales from the distant past.

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