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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... omen . He pronounced that Alexander would take the city , but he must watch his safety today . On this advice he kept out of range for some time during which nothing much was happening . Then a sally in strength from the fort began to ...
... omen . He pronounced that Alexander would take the city , but he must watch his safety today . On this advice he kept out of range for some time during which nothing much was happening . Then a sally in strength from the fort began to ...
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... omen worse . Long before he conquered Persia , Alexander had known that to sit on the Great King's throne was a capital offence ; he had said so in joke to the frost - numbed soldier he had been warm- ing in his chair . Now the seers ...
... omen worse . Long before he conquered Persia , Alexander had known that to sit on the Great King's throne was a capital offence ; he had said so in joke to the frost - numbed soldier he had been warm- ing in his chair . Now the seers ...
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... omen . He was beaten for it ; but Alexander , typically thinking that his initiative should be recognized as well as his fault , gave him a talent of silver . ( Some unnamed sources had him beheaded ; but Aristobulus the engineer , who ...
... omen . He was beaten for it ; but Alexander , typically thinking that his initiative should be recognized as well as his fault , gave him a talent of silver . ( Some unnamed sources had him beheaded ; but Aristobulus the engineer , who ...
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