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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... ancient town of Arbela , between the Tigris and the hills . A cavalry detachment was sent west to the Euphrates , to locate and oppose Alexander's crossing . But his ad- vance engineers ran out their double bridge on piles from their ...
... ancient town of Arbela , between the Tigris and the hills . A cavalry detachment was sent west to the Euphrates , to locate and oppose Alexander's crossing . But his ad- vance engineers ran out their double bridge on piles from their ...
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... ancient world carried the greatest weight . Nearer to the mark , in a realistic sense , was a sign less forcible to those who saw it ; for us it has the force of be- ing connected with the likeliest actual cause of Alex- ander's death ...
... ancient world carried the greatest weight . Nearer to the mark , in a realistic sense , was a sign less forcible to those who saw it ; for us it has the force of be- ing connected with the likeliest actual cause of Alex- ander's death ...
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Mary Renault. ANCIENT SOURCES In courtesy to their fellow scholars , classical historians nat- urally and properly take for granted a previous knowledge of the ancient source material . This book is meant for general readers ; and the ...
Mary Renault. ANCIENT SOURCES In courtesy to their fellow scholars , classical historians nat- urally and properly take for granted a previous knowledge of the ancient source material . This book is meant for general readers ; and the ...
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