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Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Part II, The Written By : Edward Gibbon Narrator : Philip Madoc with Neville Jason Published By : Select Music & Distribution Length : 7 hours 45 minutes Type : Classic Literature Ancient Price : $27.25 Buy Now! Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire occupies an immortal place in the pantheon of historical masterpieces. 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. It is still the work that sets the standard for all histories of the period. Other titles you may be interested in Vicar of Wakefield, The Written By : Oliver Goldsmith Narrator : David Thorn with a full supporting cast Published By : Blackstone Audio Inc Length : 7 hours Type : Classic Literature Price : $39.95 $16.95 Country vicar Dr. Primrose has a good heart, a good family and a good income, but suddenly, his idyllic life is cruelly devastated by a series of misfortunes. Despite all the calamity, however, he never loses sight of Christian morality, and this eventually brings him justice and the restoration... More... Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, The Written By : Edward Gibbon Narrator : Neville Jason Published By : Select Music & Distribution Length : 8 hours 20 minutes Type : Classic Literature Ancient Price : $27.25 One of the greatest texts in the English language. More... Tale of Two Cities, A Written By : Charles Dickens Narrator : Buck Schirner Published By : Brilliance Audio Inc Length : 15 hours 23 minutes Type : Classic Literature Classics Price : $24.95 The "two cities" are Paris in the time of the French Revolution, and London. Dr. Manette, a French physician, having been called in to treat a young peasant and his sister, realizes that they have... More... Gulliver' s Travels Written By : Jonathan Swift Narrator : Robert Hardy Published By : Hodder & Stoughton Audiobooks Length : 3 hours Type : Classics Classic Literature Price : $29.61 $14.25 Thus gentle reader, I have given thee faithful history of my travels for sixteen years and above seven months; wherein I have not been so studious of ornament as truth More... Paradise Written By : Dante Narrator : Heathcote Williams Published By : Select Music & Distribution Length : 4 hours 30 minutes Type : Poetry Classic Literature Price : $18.75 'I have been in the Heaven that takes up most of his light, and saw things there that those who descend from that height cannot speak of or forget...' Led by his guide Beatrice, Dante leaves... More...