Alexander the Great
king, commander and statesman
2nd ed. / with greatly enlarged notes.
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Word Count
86,000 words, Guess
Page Count
344 pages
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL22635413M
- ISBN-10185399068X
- OCLC Control Number19669279
- OCLC Control Number892265649
- Internet Archivealexandergreatki0000hamm
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- Library of Congress Control Numbergb89036014
- Goodreads1633827
- LibraryThing566001
Classifications
- LCCDF234.H323 1989
- LCCDF234 .H323
- DDC938/.07/0924
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- DDCB
Description
x, 358 pages : 25 cm
Description
"Within the span of thirteen years, Alexander the Great changed the face of the world more decisively and with more long-lasting effects than any other statesman has ever done. It is therefore no surprise that there has been, and still is, so much debate about both his personality and his achievement. The great merit of this biography is that, with impressive mastery of the evidence, he sets the record straight between the extremes of romantic hero worship on the one hand and scholarly demolition on the other. Based on his detailed knowledge of the literarysources and on his own experience of warfare in Alexander's native country, Professor Hammond presents a compelling picture of Alexander in his public life as king, commander and statesman. This revised biography includes new material and extensive reference to literary sources."--Bloomsbury Publishing Within the span of thirteen years, Alexander the Great changed the face of the world more decisively and with more long-lasting effects than any other statesman has ever done. It is therefore no surprise that there has been, and still is, so much debate about both his personality and his achievement. The great merit of this biography is that, with impressive mastery of the evidence, he sets the record straight between the extremes of romantic hero worship on the one hand and scholarly demolition on the other. Based on his detailed knowledge of the literarysources and on his own experience of warfare in Alexander's native country, Professor Hammond presents a compelling picture of Alexander in his public life as king, commander and statesman. This revised biography includes new material and extensive reference to literary sources.
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