To understand why this book captivated millions of readers who, like Churchill, found Gibbon’s writing to be both authoritative and addictive, you must first realize how revolutionary a work of history this book is. Learn more about why Rome is so important to Gibbon and his readers I rode triumphantly through it from beginning to end, and enjoyed it all.” All through the long glistening middle hours of the Indian day I devoured Gibbon. “I was immediately dominated both by the story and the style.
“I Was Immediately Dominated Both by the Story and the Style”Ĭhurchill was “…“immediately dominated both by the story and the style” of Gibbon’s work (Image: By Yousuf Karsh/digitized by: BiblioArchives / LibraryArchives/Public Domain)Īs a young army officer stationed in India, Winston Churchill discovered Gibbon’s masterpiece and wrote in his memoir, Despite being a product of his time in certain views, his techniques and insights would lay the foundation for generations of future historians.
Watch it now, on Wondrium.įinally, Gibbon was (and remains) a landmark historian who revolutionized the way writers think about and interpret the past. This is a transcript from the video series Books That Matter: The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire. Gibbon is a masterful storyteller, and his Decline and Fall still has the ability to hook modern-day readers with its style and manner-just like a great novel. English historian, Edward Gibbon (1737–1794) (Image: By Henry Walton/Public Domain)įirstly, while later historians have brought fresh perspectives to the Roman Empire’s collapse, Gibbon’s book remains profoundly truthful in the events it recounts, bringing a unifying, insight-inspiring perspective to the past.Īlso, a great work of history is just as much about storytelling as it is about events.
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