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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 180 p. : map ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Alexander's behavior was conditioned along certain lines heroism, courage, strength, superstition, bisexuality, intoxication, cruelty. He bestrode Europe and Asia like a supernatural figure." In this succinct portrait of Alexander the Great, distinguished scholar and historian Norman Cantor illuminates the personal life and military conquests of this most legendary of men. Cantor draws from the major writings of Alexander's contemporaries combined...
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio Books
Pub. Date
p1993
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
This is a full study of the work and personality, the successes and failures of Alexander of Macedon as set forth by historians of his own and succeeding centuries. Unique features in this romantic, adventurous story are the chapters on the dismemberment of the empire, the after-results, and the very contradictory estimates drawn by numerous historians. The chapters on Alexander's character, his background, his education, and his time explain certain...
Author
Series
Publisher
Blackstone Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
7 sound discs (8 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When the Oracle of Delphi told Alexander the Great that he was invincible, it was right.
The son of the great King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander was educated by Aristotle and commanded a wing of his father's army in the victory over the Thebans and Athenians at the Battle of Chaeronea-all when he was still just a teenager. By the time of his death at age 32, he had amassed an empire that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River and...
Author
Publisher
Overlook Press
Pub. Date
2004
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
368 p. : ill., maps, plans ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Paul Cartledge, one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 b.c.), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and founder of a new world order. Alexander's legacy has had a major impact on military tacticians, scholars, statesmen, adventurers, authors, and filmmakers. Cartledge brilliantly evokes Alexander's remarkable political and military accomplishments, cutting through...
Author
Publisher
Viking Press
Pub. Date
1983
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
[32] p. : col. ill. ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Traces the life of the warrior king of Macedonia who conquered and unified the known world and even led his army into unexplored areas in his quest for new lands to conquer.
Author
Series
Publisher
Franklin Watts
Pub. Date
c1996
Physical Desc
63 p. : ill. (some col.), col. map ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Describes the life, battle campaigns, influence on the ancient world, and mythological status of the champion of the Greeks who marched his armies as far as India.
Author
Publisher
Overlook Duckworth
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
336 pages : illustrations, maps, genealogical tables ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"By the author of Marathon, an enlightening look at the historical context behind Alexander the Great, his accomplishments, and his legacy"--
Author
Publisher
Mitchell Lane Publishers
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
48 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Presents the life of the Greek conqueror, describing his early education as a warrior, his conquests throughout the Persian empire, and his influence on the ancient world of his time.
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