Alexander the GreatPenguin Books, 1973 - 568 pages Robin Lane Fox's accessible and erudite life of Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on the living actuality of the man and his experience--'It is tempting', he concludes, 'to see in Alexander the romantic's complex nature for the first time in Greek history.' Beautifully written perceptive and fluent, it is a superb example of historical scholarship and psychological insight. |
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... army for training and drill , and on this army , more than any claim to victory , his invincibility always depended . To modern field - marshals the Macedon- ian army has seemed the most enviable force in history . Its design is in ...
... army for training and drill , and on this army , more than any claim to victory , his invincibility always depended . To modern field - marshals the Macedon- ian army has seemed the most enviable force in history . Its design is in ...
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... army who told him that Darius was encamped on the river Tigris , meaning to stop him if he crossed . His army was far larger than that at Issus . ' Only then did Alexander hasten forwards . When he arrived at the Tigris Darius was not ...
... army who told him that Darius was encamped on the river Tigris , meaning to stop him if he crossed . His army was far larger than that at Issus . ' Only then did Alexander hasten forwards . When he arrived at the Tigris Darius was not ...
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... army bivouacked beneath near a small stream . Shortly before midnight , the stream began to swell with the spate of fresh water which was coursing down from its source in a flash - flood . ' It drowned most of the women and children who ...
... army bivouacked beneath near a small stream . Shortly before midnight , the stream began to swell with the spate of fresh water which was coursing down from its source in a flash - flood . ' It drowned most of the women and children who ...
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Preface | 133 |
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