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Alexander the Great: Son of the Gods
Admired for more than two millennia for the feats that he accomplished in a short life of thirty-two years, King Alexander III of Macedon is the most celebrated figure of classical antiquity. "Alexander the Great: Son of the Gods presents an intimate and fascinating portrait of the man who created the greatest empire the world had ever seen. In a year-by-year chronicl...more
Paperback, 176 pages
Published
October 4th 2004
by Getty Publications
(first published 2001)
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An excellent primer, but nothing really substantial. It was beautifully illustrated with photographs of the actual sites mentioned or the artifacts from the time period. However, each year of Alexander's life was only covered by two to three pages. They also skimmed the more salacious aspects of Alexander's personal life, perhaps trying to get rid of the Hollywood image that has overshadowed more serious scholarship. It served as a good overview, maybe as a guide to further reading or a quick re...more
LOVED this book! Fascinating. Not a long, dull, overly-detailed treatise, but lots of pictures made it great
found this in the bookstore at the Getty villa, couldnt resist.
Alexander the Great is my hero, and this is such a Great (ha!) book about him. It's nice because it's not like your typical biography. It has many pictures, and is more like a text or reference book.
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