When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs—a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his death—were jointly granted the kingship. But six of Alexander’s Macedonian generals, spurre...(展开全部)

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 thirty-two spelled the end of that unity. The story of Alexander’s conquest of the Persian empire is known to many readers, but the dramatic and consequential saga of the empire’s collapse remains virtually untold. It is a...(展开全部)

What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world's greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial portrait. More than two millennia have passed, but Alexander the Great is still a household name. His life was an adventure story and took him to every corner of the ancient world. His m...(展开全部)

This book is an exploration of the process and consequences of the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon (who reigned from 336 to 323 BC), focusing on the effect of his monarchy upon the world of his day. A detailed running narrative of the actual campaigns from the Danube to the Indus is complemented and enlarged upon by thematic studies on the reaction in Greece to Mace...(展开全部)

This book is an exploration of the process and consequences of the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon (who reigned from 336 to 323 BC), focusing on the effect of his monarchy upon the world of his day. A detailed running narrative of the actual campaigns from the Danube to the Indus is complemented and enlarged upon by thematic studies on the reaction in Greece to Mace...(展开全部)

雅各布·阿伯特（Jacob Abbott，1803 —1879），美国畅销书作家，教育家，一生写作近两百本书，以简短的历史、传记和科普作品为主，著有《凯撒传》《成吉思汗传》《埃及艳后传》等世界名人传记和《罗拉欧洲旅行记》等青少年科普小说，深受读者欢迎。 毕婷 ，一九七九年生，陕西汉中人，西安外国语大学文学学士，西北师范大学英语教学论硕士，现任教于西北师范大学外国语学院。在省级期刊发表过数篇学术文章，参与两项省级重点科研项目，并数次参与涉外翻译工作。

雅各布·阿伯特（Jacob Abbott，1803 —1879），美国畅销书作家，教育家，一生写作近两百本书，以简短的历史、传记和科普作品为主，著有《凯撒传》《成吉思汗传》《埃及艳后传》等世界名人传记和《罗拉欧洲旅行记》等青少年科普小说，深受读者欢迎。 毕婷 ，一九七九年生，陕西汉中人，西安外国语大学文学学士，西北师范大学英语教学论硕士，现任教于西北师范大学外国语学院。在省级期刊发表过数篇学术文章，参与两项省级重点科研项目，并数次参与涉外翻译工作。

Paul Cartledge, one of the world’s foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 BC), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and founder of a new world order. Alexander's legacy has had a major impact on military tacticians, scholars, statesmen, adventurers, authors, and filmmakers. Cartledge brilliantly evokes Ale...(展开全部)