It was among the ruins of the Capitol that I first conceived the idea of a work which has amused and exercised near twenty years of my life, and which, however inadequate to my own wishes, I finally deliver to the curiosity and candour of the public.
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Something by l’enfant?
No. Actually – this is a huge work of non-fiction.
I figured. its gotta be something about the design of DC… Am I wrong on that assumption?
Yes, you are wrong. :)
Is it The Rise and Fall of the Roman Empire?.. by erm.. whatsisname.. you know.. erm..
peteb:
Yes! Edward Gibbon.
That’s the one!. For some reason ‘stamp-collecting’ springs to mind when I think of his name..
Can’t take too much credit for that though.. by pure coincidence I happened to see a series of short films of actors reading from great historians’ work recently and Ed was one of the chosen ones.
Actually, to split hairs and correct PeteB, the title of Gibbon’s massive work is The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, not the rise and fall.
Oh, that’s right – I didn’t even notice that it was incorrect.
Good thing I am not a copyeditor.
That book is such a SCARY accomplishment. So good – but it’s almost TOO big and TOO GOOD. I can’t even comprehend it.
Split away Dave.. I had a slight doubt about the title but when Sheila gave it the OK.. I thought.. huh.. maybe I got it right after all.
La-la-la-la.. I can’t hear you! ;)