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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... fight again . The Persian satrap Arsames , who had overruled his advice before the battle , also escaped , but killed himself . Macedonian casualties were light . To the twenty - five Companions who had fallen in the first assault ...
... fight again . The Persian satrap Arsames , who had overruled his advice before the battle , also escaped , but killed himself . Macedonian casualties were light . To the twenty - five Companions who had fallen in the first assault ...
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... fighting an indecisive action against Parmenion , saw débâcle and heard that the King had fled . He then disengaged his ... fight beside the King till it was too late ; a fact not lost on Alexander when next they met . Eager to pursue ...
... fighting an indecisive action against Parmenion , saw débâcle and heard that the King had fled . He then disengaged his ... fight beside the King till it was too late ; a fact not lost on Alexander when next they met . Eager to pursue ...
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... fight his last war over again . He did not attempt the tactics of Gaugamela . His usual right - wing station happened to suit his plan ; but when his weary infantry came struggling up through the mud , he rested them till it was time ...
... fight his last war over again . He did not attempt the tactics of Gaugamela . His usual right - wing station happened to suit his plan ; but when his weary infantry came struggling up through the mud , he rested them till it was time ...
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