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Alexander the Great

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Weidenfeld & Nicolson, Sep 3, 1970 - History - 272 pages

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My biography is on Alexander the Great by Peter Green. It's kind of hard to do a book review on this but the book started explaining his father's life. Later it started explaining Alexander's life and ... Read full review

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Contents

LIST OF MAPS AND BATTLE PLANS
11
Philip of Macedon
19
Chaos and intrigue in early Macedonia the Argead dynasty Philips
28
Copyright

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TitleAlexander the Great
AuthorPeter Green
Editionillustrated
PublisherWeidenfeld & Nicolson, 1970
Original fromthe University of Michigan
DigitizedJun 24, 2008
Length272 pages
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History / Ancient / Greece
  
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