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Troyat, Henri, and Fitz Gibbon, Constantine (Translator)Biblio.com

The mountain a novel

195566401New York: Simon and Schuster 1955. Reprint. Second printing specially autographed editon. Hardcover. Good in fair dust jacket. Signed by author. DJ in plastic sleeve has loss of edge material chips wear and soling. 122 p. 22 cm. Translation of La neige en deuil. This book was selected for reprinting by Popular Library Inc. per bookplate on fep and is a specially autographed edition. However this book bears the Simon and Schuster imprint. From Wikipedia: "Henri Troyat 1 November 1911 2 March 2007 was a Russian born French author biographer historian and novelist. Troyat was born Lev Aslanovich Tarasov Russian: Л е в А с л а н о в и ч Т а р а с о в Lev Aslanovich Tarasov in Moscow to parents of mixed heritage including Armenian Russian German and Georgian. According to his autobiography he states that his surname is Armenian Torossian while his maternal grandmother was German and his maternal grandfather was of mixed Georgian and Armenian descent. His family fled Russia in anticipation of revolution. After a long exodus taking them to the Caucasus on to Crimea and later by sea to Istanbul and then Venice the family finally settled in Paris in 1920 where young Troyat was schooled and later earned a law degree. The stirring and tragic events of this flight across half Europe are vividly recounted by Troyat in Tant que la terre durera. Troyat received his first literary award Le prix du roman populaire at the age of twenty-four and by twenty-seven he was awarded the Prix Goncourt. He published more than 100 books novels and biographies among them those of Anton Chekhov Catherine the Great Rasputin Fyodor Dostoyevsky Ivan the Terrible and Leo Tolstoy. Troyat's best-known work is La neige en deuil which was adapted as an English-language film in 1956 under the title The Mountain. Troyat was elected as a member of the Académie française in 1959. At the time of his death he was the longest-serving member. Simon and Schuster hardcover

Edward Gibbon (Author), David P Womersley (Editor)Biblio.com

The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire Edward Gibbon 3 Volume Set

1994202367Allen Lane Penguin Press 1994. Hardcover. New/New. Hardcover 3 Volume set in new dust jackets. Black cloth to boards with silver lettering to spine. 4to. ‎ 6.5 x 6 x 10.25 inches Clean text free of marks or underlining. Includes appendices 8 list of abbreviations selected further readings bibliographical index and a general index. 3360 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Edward Gibbon's The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is the most celebrated historical work in the English language. First published in three instalments between 1776 and 1788 it covers a period of thirteen centuries. The first installment traces the Empire from the Age of the Antonines to the growth and establishment of Christianity and the persecution its followers received in the reigns preceding Constantine; the second begins with the reign of Julian the Apostate and continues up to the conquest of the Roman territories in the West by the Goths Huns and Vandals; the last installment follows the Empire from Justinian to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks. Throughout its length The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire is never routine always alert with humanity and intelligence and often surprising in its sympathies. Gibbon's genius as a prose stylist his breadth of knowledge his wit and energy combine to make the Decline and Fall one of the greatest narratives in European literature. This new edition provides the reader with the most accurate text of the Decline and Fall complete and unmodernized and illuminates it with an unrivalled wealth of related material. David Womersley's Introduction describes the development of the Decline and Fall as it moved from instalment to instalment and locates it in relation both to the events of Gibbon's life and to the Enlightenment culture within which it was written. The most substantial variants and the comments and notes Gibbon made in his own copies of the work are given in appendices. Also reprinted as an appendix is the famous Vindication 1779 in which Gibbon replied to the attacks on his treatment of Christianity. For the first time since Gibbon's death two hundred years ago a critical edition has been established. This third volume reprints the fifth and sixth volumes of Gibbon's work. The former is particularly concerned with the encounters between the dwindling and enfeebled Byzantine Empire and the vigorous new religion of Islam. The latter - perhaps the most varied and colourful of all - includes the Crusades the fall of Constantinople to the Turks and an overview of the medieval papacy. Allen Lane Penguin Press hardcover

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