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Alexander the Great

By Robin Lane Fox

Book information

Publisher
Penguin
Year
2004
ISBN
0143035134, 9780143035138
Open Library ID
OL7361494M
Language
english
Format
MOBI
Filesize
2 MB (2116016 bytes)
Pages
576\0
Time added
2012-03-09 12:00:00

Description

Tough, resolute, fearless. Alexander was a born warrior and a ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 B.C.E. at age thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two million square miles, spanning from Greece to India. His achievements were unparalleled—he had excelled as leader to his men, founded eighteen new cities, and stamped the face of Greek culture on the ancient East. the myth he created is as potent today as it was in the ancient world. Robin Lane Fox's superb account searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time. Combining historical scholarship and acute psychological insight, it brings this colossal figure vividly to life.

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