Campaigns of Alexander

Name: The Campaigns of Alexander
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Review by Renly on 14th August, 2017

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My comments about the book are simply amazing. The storytelling is very much enjoyable and it give me broad knowledge about Alexander The Great especially in strategic and tactical information. I respect the effort from the writer to separate the myth and reality of this great conqueror. Overall this book is very much recommended for those who interest in the campaigns of Alexander and all its detail.

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Although written over 400 years after Alexander's death, Arrian's "Campaigns of Alexander" is our best source of knowledge of the man and his deeds. Arrian had himself been a military commander, and his record of the exploits of the world's greatest conqueror reveals sympathy for his subject, without the adulation or contempt which so often mar other histories of the time. His unaffected style of writing, with its matter-of-fact tone, offsets the remarkable career and paradoxical nature of Alexander. Arrian's sources were "Alexander's men", but he is a true historian, not a mere compiler; presenting a fair, clear report about a man who was worshipped as a god in his own lifetime.

Author Biography

The details of Arrian's life (c.90AD] are uncertain, though the shape of it indicates a man of wide and varied talents. He was governor to the Emperor Hadrian, the author of a number of works of non-fiction and an Athenian citizen. In 145 he rose tobecome a chief magistrate of Athens and thereby part of the governing body of the city. His date of death is not known. De Selincourt was an acclaimed translator of ancient classics.

Release date NZ

July 29th, 1976

Author

Arrian

Audience

General (US: Trade)

Contributors

Notes by J. Hamilton
Translated by Aubrey De Selincourt

Country of Publication

United Kingdom

Illustrations

maps, bibliog , index

Imprint

Penguin Classics

Pages

432

Publisher

Penguin Books Ltd

Dimensions

136x199x25

ISBN-13

9780140442533

Product ID

1720387

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