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Alexander the Great : The Hunt for a New Past
by Cartledge, Paul
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1585675652
- ISBN 13
- 9781585675654
- Seller
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Garrison, North Dakota, United States
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About This Item
New York: Overlook Press, 2004. Book. Fine. Hardcover. BCE. A refreshing biography of the ancient military titan, the Macedonian Greek Alexander 'The Great', discussing his life, his military career, his fellow Greeks, his campaigns, tactics, and strategy, his impact upon the ancient world's political and cultural outlines, his private affairs, his controversial death, much more. Hardcover with dust jacket, contains maps, illustrations, table of kings, dramatis personae list, glossary, bibliography, indexed, 368pp. A very nice copy, mint and unused, the jacket neatly encased in an acid-free archival plastic protector. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Synopsis
Paul Cartledge is widely acknowledged to be the world's leading expert on the subject of Sparta and ancient Greece. He is Professor of Greek History and Chairman of the Classics Faculty at Cambridge University and has written and edited many articles and books, including The Spartans , published by Anchor, the subject of a PBS documentary series of the same name. Cartledge is also academic consultant to the BBC and PBS for the series The Greeks: Crucible of Civilization .
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- Seller
- JB Books
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- Seller's Inventory #
- 00010865
- Title
- Alexander the Great : The Hunt for a New Past
- Author
- Cartledge, Paul
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Edition
- BCE
- ISBN 10
- 1585675652
- ISBN 13
- 9781585675654
- Publisher
- Overlook Press
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2004
- Keywords
- ANCIENT HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, ALEXANDER THE GREAT, GREECE, GREEKS, MACEDONIA, MACEDONIANS, WAR, WARFARE, GENERAL MILITARY HISTORY
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Military; ANCIENT HISTORY;
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JB Books
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Garrison, North Dakota
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