Q: Who is the author of the " Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire"?
a) Edward Gibbon
b) Thomas Carew
c) William Godwin
d) Daniel Defoe
Correct answer: a) Edward Gibbon
The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
Edward Gibbon (1737 - 1794), he was the first historian of England, who wrote in a literary manner. His greatest historical work, "The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire", remains one of the acknowledged masterpieces of historical literature. Its importance in literature is an account of its prose style which is the very climax of classicism. It is finished elegant, elaborate and exhaustive. Gibbon is a great name in the historical Prose of this period.
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