An edition of Ghost on the throne (2011)

Ghost on the throne

the death of Alexander the Great and the war for crown and empire

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An edition of Ghost on the throne (2011)

Ghost on the throne

the death of Alexander the Great and the war for crown and empire

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Alexander the Great, perhaps the most commanding leader in history, united his empire and his army by the titanic force of his will. His death at the age of 32 spelled the end of that unity. The story of his conquests is known to many readers, but the saga of the empire's collapse remains virtually untold. Alexander bequeathed his power, legend has it, "to the strongest," leaving behind a mentally damaged half brother and a posthumously born son as his only heirs, who quickly became pawns fought over by the Macedonian generals. Meanwhile, Alexander's former secretary, Eumenes, a man full of tricks and connivances, became the determining factor in the precarious fortunes of the royal family. Classicist James Romm tells the story of the men who followed Alexander and found themselves incapable of preserving his empire--a world formerly united, now ripped apart into a nightmare of warring nation-states struggling for domination, the template of our own times.--From publisher description.

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Alfred A. Knopf
Language
English
Pages
341

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Table of Contents

Bodyguards and companions
The testing of Perdiccas
The Athenians' last stand (I)
Resistance, rebellion, reconquest
The Athenians' last stand (II)
A death on the Nile
The fortunes of Eumenes
The war comes home
Duels to the death
The closing of the tombs.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
938/.08
Library of Congress
DF235.4 .R66 2011

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
341

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL24823664M
Internet Archive
ghostonthronedea00romm_483
ISBN 13
9780307271648
LCCN
2011008657
OCLC/WorldCat
699763975

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