The Death of Alexander the Great : What--or Who--Really Killed the Young Conqueror of the Known World?
by Doherty, Paul
Published by : Carroll & Graf Publishers (New York) Physical details: xix,236 Pages 24x16 cm | HB ISBN:0786713402. Year: 2004| Item type | Current location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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In May 323 BC Alexander of Macedon fell ill at Babylon; ten days later he was dead. Aged only 33 at the time of his death, Alexander had nonetheless shaken the pillars of the known world during the previous decade. In 334-33 this military genius from a small and unimpressive kingdom to the north west of Greece had raged like a wolf through the Persian Empire, conquering the lands of the Middle East, Egypt,
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