books about: macedonians     books:       Philip II of Macedonia2 reviews Ian Worthington Yale University Press, 2008 Best Overall Work to Date on Philip of Macedonia Ian Worthington has added a much appreciated update to the still all too slim bibliography on Philip II, founder of the Macedonian Empire and father of Alexander the Great. This volume is exceedingly well researched and written, far surpassing R. Malcom Errington[ASIN:1566195195 History of Macedonia] as a general source, at least for Philip's era. I must note, though, that for military fans ...             Alexander the Great at War: His army - His battles - His Enemies (General Military)1 review Osprey Publishing, 2008 A Great Overview of Alexander's Military Career Having now read 40+ books about Alexander, I didn't expect this title to offer anything new or insightful, but I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the scholarship and thoughtful prose contained in this book. I was initially a little disappointed browsing through the book as I was hoping for some new graphics, maps and illustrations that I had not seen before, but I suppose that was ...             Alexander the Great: The Brief Life and Towering Exploits of History's Greatest Conqueror--As Told By His ...7 reviews Penguin (Non-Classics), 2004 The "GREATEST" OF THE "GREAT" Alexander the Great, was born on or around July 20, 356 B.C.E., and is my favorite personality to read about in history. To me he is the whole package general, statesman, conqueror, and philosopher. The smartest man who ever lived, Aristotle, tutored him. Alexander conquered more of the known world than any other figure in history, accomplishing all this before he dies at the ripe old age of ...             Alexander the Great37 reviews Robin Lane Fox Penguin, 2004 Best Biography of Alexander the Great. This is the best biography on Alexander the Great. It covers his entire life and a short period thereafter. We find Alexander growing up in Macedonia, being tutored by Aristotle, and his military training in his father's expeditions. Then we are taken on Alexander's military conquest of the known world. Through, the Middle East, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan and to India. We ...             Alexander the Great24 reviews Paul Cartledge Vintage, 2005 Alexander Alexander. After 2,328 years who else can be identified by a single name, without a title, and still be almost universally known? Often beloved, or at least highly respected, in the west, almost universally despised in much of the east, very few with knowledge of Alexander have no feelings one way or the other. Over the years I have read almost every book reasonably available about this ...             Funeral Games18 reviews Mary Renault Vintage, 2002 Visceral, A Fitting Finale. "Funeral Games" is the final stroke of Mary Renault's epic Alexander trilogy. It is a haunting, exciting novel on the world tearing itself apart after the death of Alexander and the confusion engulfing his men as to who will run the vast empire, or more precisely, who will be master of the world. As always Renault's use of detail shines, she does a wonderful service by taking history and showing ...             Lion of Macedon21 reviews David Gemmell Del Rey, 2005 Bullied youth makes good... Gemmell's ambitious book takes an intimate look at a name that is associated with Alexander the Great, but not much else is known about him. He is Parmenion, called the Death of Nations. This is a very underrated book within David Gemmell's ever-increasing back catalouge. As guessed, it is situated in ancient Greece, several decades before the emergence of the great conqueror Alexander the ...             Alexander: The Sands of Ammon19 reviews Valerio Massimo Manfredi Washington Square Press, 2002 The Second in the Series Few authors can be better equipped to write about the history of ancient Greece and Rome than Valerio Massimo Manfredi. Professor of archaeology at the university of Milan, he has carried out many excavations and expeditions in the Mediterranean region. He has produced many factual books on historical matters, mainly military and has still found the time to write several novels and this is one of ...             Dark Prince7 reviews David Gemmell Del Rey, 2007 No one else could have pulled this off Reading about this book, the incongruence of real Greece and mythical Greece, it sounded cheesy, corny. But only Gemmell could pull it off this well. His works stand alone as never following the genre, always changing, never playing it safe. Most fantasy book series feature lead characters that never die, just go on for book after book after book. Gemmell doesn't hold to this tradition - his ...             Alexander: Child of a Dream (Alexander)38 reviews Valerio Massimo Manfredi Washington Square Press, 2001 Recommened This is a good and educational read about the early stages of Alexander's life. I trust Manfredi's version because of his extensive background devoted to Alexander.             Alexander the Great in his World (Blackwell Ancient Lives)1 review Carol G. Thomas Wiley-Blackwell, 2006 A Realistic View of Alexander Alexander the Great in His World by Carol G. Thomas is a lucid narrative of Alexander's times, about which a reconstruction of Alexander is attempted, and it could be said that it has been achieved. Points of divergence are always present, but this is a worthwhile book on Alexander whose focus is on the then forces which molded him accordingly.             Memnon10 reviews Scott Oden Medallion Press, 2006 Great Reading! After reading Scott Oden's "Men of Bronze", I was very impressed with his characters and writing style. "Memnon" did not disappoint me. The book was very pleasurable to read, holding interest, and followed a good historic, but fictional, line. I felt as I was transformed into an identity of that time and was participating in the story, seeing the battles first hand. "Memnon" is great reading for ...             Alexander the Great and the Logistics of the Macedonian Army18 reviews Donald W. Engels University of California Press, 1980 how can a book on logistics be so gripping? i would recommend this book to anyone who is interested in military strategy or ancient history. i read it in a day because i simply could not put it down. engels provides a case for alexander's movements based on what is logistically possible through the movement of troops and supplies. well researched (he pulls from sources as diverse as ancient greek text and us. army records), the book opened ...             Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography79 reviews Peter Green University of California Press, 1991 Let's Not Cloud the Issue with the Facts! Peter Green is one of the foremost scholars of Alexander the Great. His biography of the Macedonian King is based upon the evidence of the ancient sources, which are themselves only secondary sources, since the eye-witnesses to Alexander's exploits are unfortunately no longer extant. Green does not have "an agenda" as some reviewers have suggested; he is merely evaluating the evidence of Arrian, ...             Macedonian Warrior: Alexander's Elite Infantryman (Warrior)8 reviews Waldemar Heckel Osprey Publishing, 2006 The elite A book that details the infantry,as well as the entire history, and army of Alexander the Great.The pictures and explanation of the army,the sarissas,the terminology,not to mention the physical impact is very well written. You can certainly visualize the battles and what the soldiers went through looking and reading at this book.             Sterling Point Books: Alexander the Great (Sterling Point Books)1 review John Gunther Sterling, 2007 Outstanding Biography of Alexander the Great for Children! This is a wonderful biography of Alexander the Great for children. It is clear, easy to read and facinating from page 1 right up to the end of the book. It covers the story of the great King of Macedonia from his babyhood right up to his death. Alexander was powerful and successful for 12 years but pressed on with little rhyme or reason at the end. Things just started to fall apart as easily ...             Immortal Fire: Field of Glory Greek, Persian and Macedonian Army List (Field Of GLory)2 reviews Richard Bodley-Scott Osprey Publishing, 2008 Another great army book Field of Glory (FoG) is one of the most exciting historical wargames to come out in many years, bridging the gap between the older WRG-style games and Warhammer Ancients. Produced by Osprey Books, FoG features artwork from various Osprey titles and pictures of painted 15mm and 25mm miniatures, often in tabletop dioramas. IMMORTAL FIRE is a great addition to the FoG catalog, espceially given ...             The History of Alexander (Penguin Classics)5 reviews Quintus Curtius Rufus Penguin Classics, 1984 One of the Three Major Sources for Alexander's Life The most interesting and controversial, but not necessarily the most accurate, ancient biography of Alexander the Great. In addition to Arrian and Plutarch, you can't say you know all about Alexander until you read this book. Full of information not found in the other two biographies. Though it is often touted as not reliable, contemporary scholarship owes much of their increasingly negative ...             The Conquests of Alexander the Great (Key Conflicts of Classical Antiquity) Waldemar Heckel Cambridge University Press, 2007 In this book, Waldemar Heckel provides a revisionist overview of the conquests of Alexander the Great. Emphasizing the aims and impact of his military expeditions, the political consequences of military action, and the use of propaganda, both for motivation and justification, his underlying premise is that the basic goals of conquest and the keys to military superiority have not changed dramatically over the millennia. Indeed, as Heckel makes ...             Alejandro Magno (Grandes biografias series)1 review Felix Cordente Vaquero Edimat Libros, 2005 muy bueno compre este libro y otro de alejandro magno mas caro, pero este libro apesar de tener un precio inferior me sorprendio su cabado con doble forro (portada y contraportada) el material de todas sus hojas se sienten mejor que el libro caro que compree. muy bueno.              search for books 356-323, alejandro, alexander, ancient, antiquity, biografias, biographers, biography, blackwell, classical, classics, conflicts, conqueror, conquests, exploits, grandes, greatest, historical, immortal, infantryman, logistics, macedonia, macedonian, military, original, penguin, persian, sterling, towering, warrior books:    Kindle - Amazon's New Wireless Reading Device This is the future of book reading. 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