Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City': The Historian...
Womersley, David The subject of this book is the story of the conflict between Gibbon and those he mockingly dubbed the "Watchmen of the Holy City, " and it explores the ramifications of an elusive aspect of authorship. By considering the sequence of interactions between the historian and his readership, Womersley makes possible a more intimate understanding of what might be called Gibbon's experience of himself. At the same time he deepens our knowledge of th...