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Middlesex. 1973. Pelican/Penguin Books. 1st Pelican Paperback Edition. Very Good in Wrappers. 0140216499. 223 pages. paperback. The cover shows a mosaic of Alexander the great at the battle od Issus, in the National Museum, Naples. keywords: History Biography Ancient Greece Alexander the Great Macedonia. FROM THE PUBLISHER-The life of Alexander the Great makes one of the greatest adventures stories in history. Alexander was sixteen when he engaged in his first battle, twenty when he succeeded to the Kingdom of Macedonia, and twenty-five when he won his crowning victory at Guagamela against the Persians. He was a man of intense drive and energy and he implanted Hellenistic ideas of trade, medicine and philosophy into the Middle East and beyond. Using all the available facts A.R. Burn recreates the great age of Alexander and portrays vividly the character and personality of its legendary hero. This is a volume in the Teach Yourself History series, which is now being published in Pelicans. Written by distinguished schplars, the books in the series in each case use the life of a great man or woman to illuminate a specific period of history and are designed for the non-specialist. inventory #23380.
