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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... officer's figures , this meant a massacre of more than 15,000 men . The battle was fought and won in exactly the style which Parmenion , according to Alexander's officers , had wrongly advised . Cunning at dawn , perhaps , seemed less ...
... officer's figures , this meant a massacre of more than 15,000 men . The battle was fought and won in exactly the style which Parmenion , according to Alexander's officers , had wrongly advised . Cunning at dawn , perhaps , seemed less ...
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... officers . But it was the pattern of command which wore the newest look . The Foot Companions had been rearmed and were still brigaded in seven battalions whose officers , where changed , were brothers of the previous barons ; the ...
... officers . But it was the pattern of command which wore the newest look . The Foot Companions had been rearmed and were still brigaded in seven battalions whose officers , where changed , were brothers of the previous barons ; the ...
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... officers in detail about the expedition to Arabia which he still intended to begin in four days ' time . He was later carried by boat to the park on the far side of the Euphrates , probably the summer palace of Nebuchadnezzar in the ...
... officers in detail about the expedition to Arabia which he still intended to begin in four days ' time . He was later carried by boat to the park on the far side of the Euphrates , probably the summer palace of Nebuchadnezzar in the ...
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List of Maps | 9 |
Preface | 133 |
PART | 157 |
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