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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... Aristobulus , cited by Plutarch , says he liked to sit up late over the wine , not drinking heavily but for the sake of the talk . It seems incredible that this should arouse scepticism when any night of the year in London , Paris , New ...
... Aristobulus , cited by Plutarch , says he liked to sit up late over the wine , not drinking heavily but for the sake of the talk . It seems incredible that this should arouse scepticism when any night of the year in London , Paris , New ...
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... Aristobulus says he did , though sometimes he made a night of it . In vino veritas , and he was no exception . When he took too much , the insecurities of his boyhood surfaced in an insatiable craving for reassurance . He loved being ...
... Aristobulus says he did , though sometimes he made a night of it . In vino veritas , and he was no exception . When he took too much , the insecurities of his boyhood surfaced in an insatiable craving for reassurance . He loved being ...
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... Aristobulus averred that Alexander also linked himself with the older royal line of Ochus , by marrying his daugh- ter Parysatis . If he did , it is unlikely to have been on this occasion , unless on a later day of the feast . He was ...
... Aristobulus averred that Alexander also linked himself with the older royal line of Ochus , by marrying his daugh- ter Parysatis . If he did , it is unlikely to have been on this occasion , unless on a later day of the feast . He was ...
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