Alexander the Great: The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History's Greatest Conqueror

Alexander the Great: The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History's Greatest Conqueror - Paperback

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Alexander the Great: The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History's Greatest Conqueror

Alexander the Great: The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History's Greatest Conqueror - Paperback

by Arrian , Plutarch , Quintus Curtius Rufus
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Inspired in his leadership, fearless in battle, and boundless in his ambition, Alexander the Great was worshiped as a god during his lifetime, and his legend has only grown since. Inheriting his father's empire at the age of twenty, Alexander resolved to expand it, and by the time of his death at thirty-two, his empire streched from Greece to India, spanning three continents and encompassing two million square miles. Comprising selections from the writings of Arrian, Plutarch, and Quintus Curtius Rufus, this definitive biography of the greatest conqueror in history features an introduction on Alexander's enduring legacy by acclaimed British television personality and Princeton University Professor Michael Wood.

ISBN9780142001400
Author Arrian , Plutarch , Quintus Curtius Rufus
PublisherPenguin Adult Hc/Tr
GenreBiography and History
FormatPaperback
PublishedSeptember 2004
LanguageENG- English
Pages176
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceAdults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Arrian
James Romm is James H. Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College. He has received fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His books include The Edges of the Earth in Ancient Thought and the forthcoming Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire. Robert B. Strassler is an unaffiliated scholar who holds an honorary Doctorate of Humanities and Letters from Bard College and is chairman of the Aston Magna Foundation for Music and the Humanities. He lives in Brookline, Massachusetts.
About Plutarch
James Atlas is the author of Bellow: A Biography and is the general editor of the Penguin Lives series. He lives in New York City.

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