Philip and Alexander kings and conquerors /
"Alexander the Great's conquests staggered the world. He led his army across thousands of miles, from northern Greece to modern Pakistan, overthrowing the greatest empires of his time and building a new one in their place. He led from the front and was often wounded. He claimed to be the s...
| Main Author: | Goldsworthy, Adrian Keith, |
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
New York :
Basic Books,
2020.
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| Physical Description: |
xxix, 572 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Edition: | First edition. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: "Some talk of Alexander"
- Philip II. In the beginning
- Crisis
- Macedonian, Greek, and Barbarian
- Alliances and wives
- War and its price
- "I did not run away": defeat in Thessaly
- Avenger
- Peace
- Prince
- Old and new enemies
- Chaeronea
- Love and Persia
- "Wreathed is the bull": passion, ambition, and revenge
- Alexander and Persia. The example
- Army and the enemy
- River
- Gordian knot
- "Then truly there was great bloodshed": the battle of Issus, 333 BC
- "Manifestly a large task": the siege of Tyre
- An oasis and a god
- Battle of Gaugamela
- "The most hateful of the cities of Asia"
- An end and a beginning
- Upright tiara
- Lord of Asia. The sword and the flame
- "Poorer for a kiss"
- India
- Victory into retreat
- Sea and sand
- Return of the king
- "An utter loss"
- Tears and a broken nose.