Alexander the Great
by Robin Lane Fox; Foreword by Alexander M. Haig
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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About This Item
Blue leather with three raised bands and gilt particulars. All edges gilt. Moire endpapers and a silk ribbon. Some wear to bottom corners. Foxing to edges with loses to gilt (see image), otherwise a clean copy with no previous owners' names, affixed bookplates, or other defacements.
6.25 x 9.25 in
Synopsis
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.
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- Bookseller
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9024
- Title
- Alexander the Great
- Author
- Robin Lane Fox; Foreword by Alexander M. Haig
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Easton Press
- Place of Publication
- Norwalk, Connecticut
- Date Published
- 1991
- Pages
- 568
- Size
- 8vo
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Ancient History;
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