Alexander the Great : Tie in Edition Paperback - 2004
by Fox, Robin
- Used
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.
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Details
- Title Alexander the Great : Tie in Edition
- Author Fox, Robin
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Condition Used - Good
- Pages 592
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Penguin Publishing Group, E Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.A.
- Date October 5, 2004
- Features Bibliography, Maps, Movie/TV Tie-In
- Bookseller's Inventory # 4858569-6
- ISBN 9780143035138 / 0143035134
- Weight 1.06 lbs (0.48 kg)
- Dimensions 8.46 x 5.48 x 1.15 in (21.49 x 13.92 x 2.92 cm)
- Ages 18 to UP years
- Grade levels 13 - UP
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Themes
- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Cultural Region: Greece
- Dewey Decimal Code B
Summary
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.
