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Alexander the Great Paperback - 1994
by Fox, Robin
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- Title Alexander the Great
- Author Fox, Robin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition Reprint
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 576
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Books, London
- Date 1994
- Bookseller's Inventory # 1031086
- ISBN 9780140088786 / 0140088784
- Weight 0.83 lbs (0.38 kg)
- Dimensions 7.72 x 5.06 x 0.96 in (19.61 x 12.85 x 2.44 cm)
- Library of Congress subjects Alexander
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 94214858
- Dewey Decimal Code B
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Summary
Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged 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.
First line
Two thousand three hundred yean ago, in the autumn of 336 B.C., the king of the Macedonians was celebrating another royal wedding.