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Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey Across Asia

Categorie	Azië
Boeknummer	#379197-UA20
Titel	Envy of the Gods: Alexander the Great's Ill-Fated Journey Across Asia
Auteur	Prevas, John
Boektype	Gebonden
Uitgeverij	Cambridge : Da Capo Press
Jaar van uitgave	2004
ISBN10	0306812681
ISBN13	9780306812682
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original black boards, illustrated with some photographs in b/w, 8vo.
Samenvatting	Alexander the Great accomplished more than any ordinary human could even hope to dream, yet at the end of his life, his empire, his army, and even his own life were unraveling. While the world knows well how the Macedonian king conquered the Persian Empire, few people know the full story of his decline and fall as he sought to bring the most remote areas of the Persian empire under his control. Alexander was a complicated mix of ruthless tyrant and incurable romantic. This schizophrenic interplay of conflicting psychic forces characterized his rise to power and was largely responsible for his downfall. In the last seven years of his life, Alexander the Great grew increasingly unpredictable, sporadically violent, megalomaniacal, and suspicious of friends as well as enemies. In the end Alexa... (Lees verder)nder the Great was not defeated by any external enemy but by himself. John Prevas brings this riveting story of the fall of Alexander to life with a compelling narrative informed by his personal retracing of much of the route trod by Alexander through what is now Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan.
Pagina's	239
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 10,00

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