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I found it hard to finish random thoughts Send a noteboard - 05/03/2010 02:10:19 PM
It was interesting in the beginning but somewhere in the middle all of the emperors start to run together. Then again my Latin isn't strong enough (and under statement) for me to pick up on the humor of stray passages.
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So...I only finished half of Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Tom - 05/03/2010 02:11:08 AM 715 Views
Read on, grashopper Camilla - 05/03/2010 09:54:48 AM 581 Views
Is a grashopper like a grasshopper? Tom - 05/03/2010 02:36:20 PM 535 Views
I found it hard to finish random thoughts - 05/03/2010 02:10:19 PM 549 Views
The emperors tend to run together far before the middle Tom - 05/03/2010 02:34:55 PM 554 Views
My copy is one single book and I can't remember which volume I stopped on random thoughts - 05/03/2010 06:06:29 PM 529 Views
Ah...you probably have the abridged version. Tom - 05/03/2010 08:01:57 PM 611 Views
looks like your right I have an abridged version. random thoughts - 06/03/2010 05:56:17 AM 510 Views
I think you mean "Western", not "Eastern". Tom - 06/03/2010 04:09:46 PM 526 Views
Finish it. It's an important piece of literature. The Shrike - 05/03/2010 02:22:08 PM 590 Views
I own Norwich's History of Venice (Folio Society edition) but haven't read it yet. Tom - 05/03/2010 02:30:55 PM 577 Views
The Dutch Republic takes a while to get into. Too much back story. Far far too long for The Shrike - 05/03/2010 04:10:20 PM 696 Views
Those recommendations sound very interesting. Tom - 05/03/2010 04:51:09 PM 523 Views
And now I've ordered both those books. Tom - 06/03/2010 10:19:01 PM 527 Views
I haven't even come across the title. The Shrike - 09/03/2010 02:03:26 PM 529 Views
Finish it snoopcester - 05/03/2010 04:47:15 PM 529 Views
It is well written. Of course, it's hard to stay excited about it. Tom - 05/03/2010 08:12:21 PM 509 Views
I'm through two volumes of it. mapthis - 05/03/2010 08:36:13 PM 720 Views
The problem with that approach... Tom - 07/03/2010 12:45:20 AM 539 Views
I need to get into Byzantium. I'm hoping to do a senior thesis on Byzantine diplomacy. *NM* Ghavrel - 07/03/2010 06:42:49 AM 235 Views
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