In 334 BC the twenty-two-year-old King Alexander of Macedon led his army across the Bosphorus to challenge the mighty Persian empire. Ten years later his conquests had taken him to the edge of the known world. But, as Asia Minor, Egypt and parts of India lay at his feet, Alexander was dying, his huge empire soon to be split up.

Alexander the Great celebrates his legendary life and his legacy to civilisation in a host of illustrations woven into the fascinating story, written by a renowned specialist in the history of the period.
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Defeating the mighty Persian Empire at the age of 22, Alexander the Great rapidly conquered the rest of the then known world. This book traces the career of Alexander who was destined to become one of the greatest generals the world has known, and celebrates his legacy to Greek civilization.
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The astonishing story of the life of Alexander the Great, told by a master storyteller

Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780500300701
Publisert
1996-09-23
Utgiver
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Vekt
280 gr
Høyde
176 mm
Bredde
124 mm
Aldersnivå
G, UU, 01, 05
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
176

Forfatter

Biografisk notat

Pierre Briant is a French Iranologist, Professor of History and Civilisation of the Achaemenid World and the Empire of Alexander the Great at the Collège de France (1999 onwards) and Doctor Honoris Causa at the University of Chicago. His works deal mainly with the Achaemenid Empire and related matters such as Alexander the Great or the Hellenistic Era.