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100 1 _aGibbon, Edward,
_d1737-1794
245 1 0 _aMemoirs of My Life and Writings
264 1 _aSalt Lake City, UT :
_bProject Gutenberg,
_c2004
300 _a1 online resource :
_bmultiple file formats
336 _atext
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337 _acomputer
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_2rdamedia
338 _aonline resource
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500 _aWikipedia page about this book: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memoirs_of_My_Life_and_Writings
500 _aRelease date is 2004-07-01
508 _aProduced by P. J. Riddick and David Widger
520 _a"Memoirs of My Life and Writings" by Edward Gibbon is an autobiography compiled in 1796 from six fragmentary works written during his final years. This pioneering memoir traces Gibbon's journey from his disappointing Oxford education through his conversion to Catholicism, his time in Switzerland, and his service in the Hampshire militia. The narrative culminates in his famous moment of inspiration amid Rome's ancient ruins, where he conceived his monumental history of the Roman Empire's decline and fall, offering intimate glimpses into the making of a great historian. (This is an automatically generated summary.)
534 _nOriginal publication data not identified
653 _aHistorians -- Great Britain -- Biography
653 _aGibbon, Edward, 1737-1794
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/6031
999 _c48054
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