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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Page 83
... garrison . It was also the approach route from Athens , of whose intentions he would by now have heard . But in that respect his vigilance was needless . No troops from the south ap- peared . The alarming speed of his march had brought ...
... garrison . It was also the approach route from Athens , of whose intentions he would by now have heard . But in that respect his vigilance was needless . No troops from the south ap- peared . The alarming speed of his march had brought ...
Page 118
... garrison , put a good face on necessity and welcomed Alexander in . Leav- ing the harbour of Pelusium manned , he marched up the Nile , alongside his fleet , to Memphis . There can be scarcely a European today not furnished with some ...
... garrison , put a good face on necessity and welcomed Alexander in . Leav- ing the harbour of Pelusium manned , he marched up the Nile , alongside his fleet , to Memphis . There can be scarcely a European today not furnished with some ...
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... garrison was there for protection as well as for control ; the streets were properly laid out , there would be a ... garrison . In later days , if discontent broke out it was in the garrisons ; they had no real stake in the place , and a ...
... garrison was there for protection as well as for control ; the streets were properly laid out , there would be a ... garrison . In later days , if discontent broke out it was in the garrisons ; they had no real stake in the place , and a ...
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