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Alexander the Great

the hunt for a new past

by Paul Cartledge

2004 329 pages und

"In Alexander the Great, Paul Cartledge describes the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 B.C.), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire and founder of a new world order. Cartledge's book is, above all, a hunt for a new past to counter the myths, legends, and often skewed history th…

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