Alexander the GreatPenguin Books, 1973 - 568 sivua Robin Lane Fox's accessible and erudite life of Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on the living actuality of the man and his experience--'It is tempting', he concludes, 'to see in Alexander the romantic's complex nature for the first time in Greek history.' Beautifully written perceptive and fluent, it is a superb example of historical scholarship and psychological insight. |
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... plans had been to build a gigantic pyramid in Macedonia in Philip's honour . These plans had perhaps been faked by his officers to ensure their rejection , but they still had to seem plausible to the troops ; the plan for the pyramid is ...
... plans had been to build a gigantic pyramid in Macedonia in Philip's honour . These plans had perhaps been faked by his officers to ensure their rejection , but they still had to seem plausible to the troops ; the plan for the pyramid is ...
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... plans at Kirman in the previous spring . Knowledge and rumours of Africa were abroad in the camp , but as explorers were being sent to sail round Arabia and up into the Red Sea , it is more likely that if Alexander had plans for the ...
... plans at Kirman in the previous spring . Knowledge and rumours of Africa were abroad in the camp , but as explorers were being sent to sail round Arabia and up into the Red Sea , it is more likely that if Alexander had plans for the ...
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... plans , inflating their scale to ensure that the troops would reject their excesses . The 240 - foot high pyre for ... plans were excessive , and so they decided that none should be carried out . ' But the plans had had to seem plausible ...
... plans , inflating their scale to ensure that the troops would reject their excesses . The 240 - foot high pyre for ... plans were excessive , and so they decided that none should be carried out . ' But the plans had had to seem plausible ...
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