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Portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. In this title, the author describes his Alexander as the most brilliant (and ambitious) field commander in history.

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"History leaps off the page in this passionate narrative." * Publisher's Weekly *
"[The book] drives forward, clarified by Green's easy command of the material and saturated with his sense of that gorgeous, raging, brilliant time." * Kirkus Reviews *

Table of Contents
Foreword
Preface to the 2013 Reprint
Preface to the 1991 Reprint
Preface and Acknowledgements
List of Maps and Battle Plans
Key to Abbreviations
Table of Dates

1 Philip of Macedon
2 The Gardens of Midas
3 From a View to a Death
4 The Keys of the Kingdom
5 The Captain-General
6 The Road to lssus
7 Intimations of Immortality
8 The Lord of Asia
9 The Quest for Ocean
10 How Many Miles to Babylon?

Appendix: Propaganda at the Granicus
Notes and References
Sources of Information
Genealogical Table
Index

Alexander of Macedon 356323 B.C.

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      Publisher University of California Press
      Published 8 January 2013
      ISBN-13 9780520275867
      978-0520275867
      ISBN-10 0520275861
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      History Ancient history

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Portrays Alexander as both a complex personality and a single-minded general, a man capable of such diverse expediencies as patricide or the massacre of civilians. In this title, the author describes his Alexander as the most brilliant (and ambitious) field commander in history.

      Trade Review
      "History leaps off the page in this passionate narrative." * Publisher's Weekly *
      "[The book] drives forward, clarified by Green's easy command of the material and saturated with his sense of that gorgeous, raging, brilliant time." * Kirkus Reviews *

      Table of Contents
      Foreword
      Preface to the 2013 Reprint
      Preface to the 1991 Reprint
      Preface and Acknowledgements
      List of Maps and Battle Plans
      Key to Abbreviations
      Table of Dates

      1 Philip of Macedon
      2 The Gardens of Midas
      3 From a View to a Death
      4 The Keys of the Kingdom
      5 The Captain-General
      6 The Road to lssus
      7 Intimations of Immortality
      8 The Lord of Asia
      9 The Quest for Ocean
      10 How Many Miles to Babylon?

      Appendix: Propaganda at the Granicus
      Notes and References
      Sources of Information
      Genealogical Table
      Index

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