| Alexander the Great: Tie in Edition Tie-In Edition Contributor(s): Fox, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0143035134 ISBN-13: 9780143035138 Publisher: Penguin Books OUR PRICE: $18.00 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: October 2004 Annotation: Fox's accessible and erudite life of Alexander searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on the living actuality of the man and his experience. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Biography & Autobiography | Historical - Biography & Autobiography | Military - History | Ancient - Greece |
| Dewey: B |
| Physical Information: 1.15" H x 5.48" W x 8.46" (1.06 lbs) 592 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - Ancient (To 499 A.D.) - Cultural Region - Greece |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Tough, resolute, fearless. Alexander was a born warrior and a ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 B.C.E. at age thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two million square miles, spanning from Greece to India. His achievements were unparalleled--he had excelled as leader to his men, founded eighteen new cities, and stamped the face of Greek culture on the ancient East. the myth he created is as potent today as it was in the ancient world. Robin Lane Fox's superb account searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time. Combining historical scholarship and acute psychological insight, it brings this colossal figure vividly to life. |