Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. : a historical biography
Title:
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C. : a historical biography
Author:
Green, Peter, 1924-
Personal Author:
Publication Information:
Berkeley : University of California Press, [1991]
©1991
Physical Description:
xxxvii, 617 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Summary:
This biography portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. Writing for the general reader, the author provides gritty details on Alexander's darker side while providing a gripping tale of Alexander's career.
General Note:
"Revised and enlarged"--T.p. verso.
Originally published: Alexander the Great. London : Weidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970.
Language:
English
Contents:
Philip of Macedon -- The garden of Midas -- From a view to a death -- The keys of the kingdom -- The captain-general -- The road to Issus -- Intimations of immortality -- The Lord of Asia -- The quest for ocean -- How many miles to Babylon? -- Propaganda at the Granicus.
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Electronic Access:
Contributor biographical information http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/bios/ucal051/91007292.htmlPublisher description http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/description/ucal041/91007292.html
ISBN:
9780520071650
9780520071667
Format :
Book
