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  • n  English historian best known for his history of the Roman Empire (1737-1794)
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  • 'The Son': The Glory and Brutality of a Purebred Texan Clan
    The words of Edward Gibbon bookend Philipp Meyer's novel "The Son," a luxuriantly big book that tells a very Texan story of decline and fall. Meyer opens with Gibbon's words about how the vicissitudes of fortune defeat the most magisterial human achievements.
    June 23, 2013 - The Lakeland Ledger

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