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ALEXANDER THE GREAT
Author: Robin Lane Fox
Binding: Paperback, 568 pages
Publisher: Penguin Group (Reissued 2004)
ISBN: 0141020768
Price: RM39.95
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'A magnificent, compelling epic ... He has honoured him splendidly'
SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate
ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown.
When he died in 323 BC aged thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two
million square miles, ranging from Greece to India. His achievements were
unparalleled - he had excelled as leader of his men, founded eighteen new cities
and stamped Greek culture on the ancient East. The myth he created is as potent
today as it was in the ancient world.
Robin Lane Fox's superb account searches through the mass of conflicting
evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time. Combining
historical scholarship and acute psychological insight, it brings this colossal
figure vividly to life.
'I do not know which to admire most, his vast erudition or his imaginative grasp
of so remote and complicated a period and such a complex personality' SUNDAY
TIMES
'An achievement of Alexandrian proportions'
'NEW STATESMAN
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