Alexander the Great : lessons from history's undefeated general / Bill Yenne.
Alexander the Great : lessons from history's undefeated general / Bill Yenne.
Alexander the Great : lessons from history's undefeated general / Bill Yenne.
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Date
2010.
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G 2013/1957
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English
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Physical content
ix, 204 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, plans ; 22 cm.
Contents
Prologue -- Introduction : born into a state of war -- Auspicious beginnings -- Long live the king -- From Granicus to Gordium -- Turning point at Issus -- The takedown of Tyre -- From Gaza to Alexandria -- Decision at Gaugamela -- To the victor go the spoils -- Last stand at Persian Gate -- From Pe...
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Publisher
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Edition
1st ed.
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New York (State)
Date Published
2010.
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Summary
"When the Oracle of Delphi told Alexander the Great that he was invincible, she was right. The son of the great King Philip II of Macedonia, Alexander was educated by Aristotle and commanded a wing of his father's army in the victory over the Thebans and Athenians at the Battle of Chaeronea - all when he was still just a teenager. By the time of hi...
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Alexander the Great : lessons from history's undefeated general / Bill Yenne.
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The world generals series.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [198]-199) and index.
State Reference Library copy at G 2013/1957: transferred from N938.07092/19.
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G 2013/1957
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74VvlAp0DjXl
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvlAp0DjXl
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ISBN
0230619150 (hc.)
9780230619159 (hc.)
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938/.07092 B
MMS ID
991017467349702626
