Displaying 1 of 1 2024 Title: Alexander at the end of the world : the forgotten final years of Alexander the Great Author: Kousser, Rachel, 1972- author. Edition: First edition. Format: Book Publisher, Date: New York : Mariner Books, [2024] ©2024 Description: viii, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm Summary: This biography of Alexander the Great's final years focuses on his seven-year journey through the unknown eastern borderlands of the Persian Empire to reach Afghanistan and fulfill his quest to rule the world. Subjects: Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Military history, Ancient. Greece -- Kings and rulers -- Biography. Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. Genre: Biographies. Contents: Prologue: Alexander's choice -- A city on fire -- The hunt for the great king -- Old friends and new clothes -- Lovers and conspirators -- Epic combat -- Across the Hindu Kush -- Fighting the hydra -- Murder at the feast -- Three banquets and a conspiracy -- Following in the footsteps of the gods -- How to fight an elephant -- Monsoon and mutiny -- The end of the world -- The land of the fish eaters -- A ransacked tomb and a fiery death -- Ninety-two brides -- Demobilization and its discontents -- The death of Patroklos -- Babylon -- Epilogue: Alexander's new world. ISBN 9780062869685 Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Find It Map It Suggestions and more Large Cover Image Librarian's View Displaying 1 of 1
