The Nature of AlexanderThe acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great by Mary Renault, the author of Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy, two best-selling novels about Alexander. |
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Page 51
... took a simple and comprehensive view of leaders who led from behind . His belief that he had found one here was to prove correct . Even now he did not march south . He first carried out the League's commission . After a winter of ...
... took a simple and comprehensive view of leaders who led from behind . His belief that he had found one here was to prove correct . Even now he did not march south . He first carried out the League's commission . After a winter of ...
Page 166
... took a last chance by working into the forged letter some sign , extracted during the interrogations , which would convey only to a man with guilty knowledge that the plot was going well . It would be hit and miss , open to tragic mis ...
... took a last chance by working into the forged letter some sign , extracted during the interrogations , which would convey only to a man with guilty knowledge that the plot was going well . It would be hit and miss , open to tragic mis ...
Page 186
... took them about a month . Night duty was only served for one night at a time , which meant that they must act on their night assigned , or wait the best part of a fortnight for their next turn . Yet their plans took no account whatever ...
... took them about a month . Night duty was only served for one night at a time , which meant that they must act on their night assigned , or wait the best part of a fortnight for their next turn . Yet their plans took no account whatever ...
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Achilles Alex Alexander Alexander's ancient ander Antipater Aristobulus Aristotle army Arrian Arrian says Artabazus Asia asked Athenian Athens Attalus Babylon Bactria Bagoas battle began Bessus bride Callisthenes campaign Cassander cavalry chariot Cleitus command court Craterus Curtius Cyrus danger Darius dead death Demosthenes Diodorus divine donians doubt Ecbatana Egypt elephants enemy envoys eunuch exile father fight fled fleet force friends garrison gold Greece Greek Harpalus Hephaestion Hephaestion's honour horses Illyrians Indian infantry killed King knew known land later legend lived Mace Macedon Macedonian mercenaries murder Nabarzanes Nearchus never night numbers Ochus offered officers Olympias once palace Parmenion passed Pausanias Perdiccas perhaps Persepolis Persian Peucestas Philip Philotas Plutarch Plutarch says Porus pride probably Ptolemy river route Roxane royal satrap seems sent ships siege Sisygambis Sogdiana soldiers story survived Susa talents Thebans Thebes thought tion told took troops walls wound