On Sat, 2 Oct 1999, Maureen Therese Anderson wrote:
> Yes well I've heard that Gibbons' Rome-tomes are brilliantly written too,
> but that wouldn't exactly make G. my interpreter of choice on Rome's rise
> and fall.
Actually, it's surprising how much of Gibbons has held up. And his sentences are truly wonderful. They incorporate his perspective.
My recommendation for an intro to Durant is the epilogue to the volume on the Reformation.
Michael
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