Who Was Alexander the Great?

Who Was Alexander the Great? - Paperback

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Who Was Alexander the Great?

Who Was Alexander the Great? - Paperback

by Kathryn Waterfield , Robin Waterfield , Who Hq
$6.99
Sale price  $6.99 Regular price 

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by Kathryn Waterfield (Author), Robin Waterfield (Author), Who Hq (Author)

Alexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was...? series!

When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great king of Macedon, wasn't leaving anything for him to conquer! This, of course, was not the case. King Alexander went on to control most of the known world of the time. His victories won him many supporters, but they also earned him enemies. This easy-to-read biography offers a fascinating look at the life of Alexander and the world he lived in.

Author Biography

Kathryn and Robin Waterfield have written many books, ranging from children's fiction to ancient history. They live on a small olive farm in southern Greece.

Number of Pages: 112
Dimensions: 0.3 x 7.4 x 5.3 IN
Publication Date: June 07, 2016
Accelerated Reader:
Quiz Name: Who Was Alexander the Great?
Interest Level: Middle Grades, 4-8
Reading Level: 4.5
Point Value: 1
ISBN9780448484235
Author Kathryn Waterfield , Robin Waterfield , Who Hq
PublisherPenguin Workshop
GenreChildren, History, and Biography
FormatPaperback
PublishedJune 2016
LanguageENG- English
Pages112
Weight1.0 lb
Target AudienceKids and Teens & young adults
Print SizeStandard Print

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About Kathryn Waterfield
Kathryn Waterfield (née Dunathan) is a writer and tour lecturer specializing in Greek history. Formerly with the University of South Florida and the Tampa Museum of Art, Kathryn holds an MA with distinction in classical studies from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She lives with her husband, classicist Robin Waterfield, in the remote southern Peloponnese in Greece.
About Robin Waterfield
Robin Waterfield has translated numerous classical texts for OWC, including Plato's Republic, Herodotus' Histories and Plutarch's Greek Lives and Roman Lives Edith Hall is co-director of the Archive of Performances of Greek and Roman Drama at the University of Oxford. She has published widely on ancient Greek drama and society, reviews and appears on radio and television. She has written introductions to the other four volumes of Euripides' plays in OWC. James Morwood has translated three volumes of Euripides' plays for OWC and is the author of The Plays of Euripides and A Dictionary of Latin Words and Phrases.
About Who Hq
Ben Hubbard is an accomplished nonfiction author for children and adults with over 160 titles to his name. He has written about many subjects, from space, the samurai, and sharks, to poison, pets, and the Plantagenets. His books have been translated into over a dozen languages and can be found in bookshops, schools, and libraries around the world. He currently lives in British Columbia, Canada.

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