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Alexander at the end of the world : the forgotten final years of Alexander the Great
This biography of Alexander the Great's final years focuses on his seven-year journey through the unknown eastern borderlands of the Persian empire to reach Afghanistan and fulfill his quest to rule the world.
Prologue: Alexander's choice
A city on fire
The hunt for the great king
Old friends and new clothes
Lovers and conspirators
Epic combat
Across the Hindu Kush
Fighting the hydra
Murder at the feast
Three banquets and a conspiracy
Following in the footsteps of the gods
How to fight an elephant
Monsoon and mutiny
The end of the world
The land of the fish eaters
A ransacked tomb and a fiery death
Ninety-two brides
Demobilization and its discontents
The death of Patroklos
Babylon
Epilogue: Alexander's new world.
A city on fire
The hunt for the great king
Old friends and new clothes
Lovers and conspirators
Epic combat
Across the Hindu Kush
Fighting the hydra
Murder at the feast
Three banquets and a conspiracy
Following in the footsteps of the gods
How to fight an elephant
Monsoon and mutiny
The end of the world
The land of the fish eaters
A ransacked tomb and a fiery death
Ninety-two brides
Demobilization and its discontents
The death of Patroklos
Babylon
Epilogue: Alexander's new world.
Item details
- ISBN: 006286968X
- ISBN: 9780062869685
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Physical Description:
viii, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm
print - Edition: First edition.
- Publisher: New York : Mariner Books, [2024]
- Copyright: ©2024
Contents / Notes
| General Note: | Maps on endpapers. "Endpaper and interior maps by David Lindroth, Inc." Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-388) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Prologue: Alexander's choice A city on fire The hunt for the great king Old friends and new clothes Lovers and conspirators Epic combat Across the Hindu Kush Fighting the hydra Murder at the feast Three banquets and a conspiracy Following in the footsteps of the gods How to fight an elephant Monsoon and mutiny The end of the world The land of the fish eaters A ransacked tomb and a fiery death Ninety-two brides Demobilization and its discontents The death of Patroklos Babylon Epilogue: Alexander's new world. |
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| Flint River Regional Library System: Peachtree City Library |
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