The conquests of Alexander the Great /
Heckel, Waldemar, 1949-
The conquests of Alexander the Great / Waldemar Heckel. - Canto classics edition. - 1 online resource (xxi, 218 pages) : illustrations, maps - Canto classics . - Canto classics. .
Originally published in 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.
In this book, Waldemar Heckel traces the rise and eventual fall of one of the most successful military commanders in history. In 325 BCE, Alexander and his conquering army prepared to return home, after overcoming everything in their path: armies, terrain, climate, all invariably hostile. Little did they know that within two years their beloved king would be dead and their labours seemingly wasted. Tracing the rise and eventual fall of one of the most successful military commanders in history, Heckel engagingly and with great detail shows us how Alexander earned his appellation, The Great.
9781139197076 (electronic bk.) 113919707X (electronic bk.) 9781107414723 (electronic bk.) 1107414725 (electronic bk.)
359-323 B.C.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Ancient--Greece.
Macedonia--History, Military.
Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Grèce--Histoire--359-323 av. J.-C. (Expansion de la Macédoine)
Europe--Macedonia.
Greece.
Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
DF234.2 / .H37 2012eb
938.07092
The conquests of Alexander the Great / Waldemar Heckel. - Canto classics edition. - 1 online resource (xxi, 218 pages) : illustrations, maps - Canto classics . - Canto classics. .
Originally published in 2008.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.
In this book, Waldemar Heckel traces the rise and eventual fall of one of the most successful military commanders in history. In 325 BCE, Alexander and his conquering army prepared to return home, after overcoming everything in their path: armies, terrain, climate, all invariably hostile. Little did they know that within two years their beloved king would be dead and their labours seemingly wasted. Tracing the rise and eventual fall of one of the most successful military commanders in history, Heckel engagingly and with great detail shows us how Alexander earned his appellation, The Great.
9781139197076 (electronic bk.) 113919707X (electronic bk.) 9781107414723 (electronic bk.) 1107414725 (electronic bk.)
359-323 B.C.
BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY--Historical.
HISTORY--Ancient--Greece.
Macedonia--History, Military.
Greece--History--Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.
Grèce--Histoire--359-323 av. J.-C. (Expansion de la Macédoine)
Europe--Macedonia.
Greece.
Electronic books.
History.
Military history.
DF234.2 / .H37 2012eb
938.07092