| Description |
6 audio discs (7 hr., 42 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
Compact discs. |
| Note |
Abridged by Gary Mead. |
| Performer |
Read by Philip Madoc with Neville Jason. |
| Credits |
Produced by Nicolas Soames. |
| Note |
Program notes inserted into container by Gary Mead. |
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"Classic literature with classical music"--Container. |
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"Classic non-fiction"--Container. |
| Summary |
"This six-disc recording covers the final three volumes of Gibbon's work, tracing ten centuries in the life of the eastern half of the empire, whose capital city was Constantinople. Among the many figures who stride across Gibbon's stage here are the emperor Justinian I, a noble statesman and successful warrior, brought low by his lascivious wife, the former prostitute Theodora; the murdering Basil I, a peasant who nonetheless proved himself a worthy figure upon which to drape the purple; and the final emperor of all, Constantine XI, who died on the battlements of Constantinople in 1453, valiantly fighting a losing battle to prevent the Turks from gaining a city they had craved for centuries"--Container. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-476 A.D.
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Byzantine Empire -- History.
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Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Madoc, Philip.
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Jason, Neville.
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Mead, Gary.
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| Added Title |
History of the decline and fall of the Roman Empire
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| ISBN |
962634122X |
| Music No. |
NA612212 NAXOS Audiobooks |
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NA612222 NAXOS Audiobooks |
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NA612232 NAXOS Audiobooks |
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NA612242 NAXOS Audiobooks |
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NA612252 NAXOS Audiobooks |
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NA612262 NAXOS Audiobooks |
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