The Nature of AlexanderKnopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 12 nov. 1979 - 288 pages The acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great by Mary Renault, the author of Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy, two best-selling novels about Alexander. |
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... horse was being wasted ; the father's challenging him to do better than his elders ; their bet on it , the horse to be bought for him if he could manage it , and if not ... horses , has some revealing " don'ts The Nature of Alexander 33.
... horse was being wasted ; the father's challenging him to do better than his elders ; their bet on it , the horse to be bought for him if he could manage it , and if not ... horses , has some revealing " don'ts The Nature of Alexander 33.
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... horses were , he and the rest of the string were carried off by local raiders . He was now twenty - five , and his likely fate all too obvi- ous . The old horse had probably saved the life of his master , boy and man , half a dozen ...
... horses were , he and the rest of the string were carried off by local raiders . He was now twenty - five , and his likely fate all too obvi- ous . The old horse had probably saved the life of his master , boy and man , half a dozen ...
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... horses they stole ashore . There was a bad moment when they found the bank had been cut off by a flood channel , but they just managed to ford it . A fascinating detail here reveals the average height of the Greek war horse : the men ...
... horses they stole ashore . There was a bad moment when they found the bank had been cut off by a flood channel , but they just managed to ford it . A fascinating detail here reveals the average height of the Greek war horse : the men ...
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