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a journey from Greece to Asia

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In the footsteps of Alexander the Great

a journey from Greece to Asia

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Using Greek and Roman historians as his guides, Michael Wood follows Alexander's journey in search of the truth behind the legends, folk tales, and religious texts that depict him as both a brilliant visionary and a ruthless conqueror. He travels on foot and by camel, boat, pack horse and jeep, across the deserts, rivers, and mountain ranges of Turkey, Israel, Egypt, Iran, and war-torn Afghanistan.

Before embarking on the grueling return to Babylon, Wood treks through the North-West Frontier into Pakistan and India to the scene of Alexander's last great battle. Throughout the journey, he re-creates the drama of Alexander's epic marches and bloody battles, interweaving the momentous events of the past with current affairs. As he follows in the footsteps of the conqueror, Wood discovers that the legendary, enigmatic figure of Alexander the Great still towers in the twentieth-century imagination.

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English
Pages
256

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In the footsteps of Alexander the Great: a journey from Greece to Asia
1997, BBC Books
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In the footsteps of Alexander the Great: a journey from Greece to Asia
1997, University of California Press
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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 244-248) and index.

Published in
Berkeley

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
938/.07/092
Library of Congress
DS10 .W62 1997

The Physical Object

Pagination
256 p. :
Number of pages
256

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL673118M
Internet Archive
infootstepsofale00wood
ISBN 10
0520213076
LCCN
97019188
OCLC/WorldCat
37043877
Library Thing
44822
Goodreads
787175

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