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  1. Memoirs of My Life and Writings
    Edward Gibbon
    Memoirs of My Life and Writings
    Edward Gibbon 1796

    This autobiography traces Gibbon's education and the making of his history of the Roman Empire. He recalls hearing friars sing among Rome's ruins when the idea for his history first came to him.

    3h 47m reading time