Alexander the Great (General Military)
Contributors: Angus Mcbride (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: August 20, 2004
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 144
ISBN-13: 9781841768939
Subjects: Battles & campaigns; Biography: historical; European history: BCE to c 500 CE; History - Military / War; History; History: World; Ancient Greece; Military - General; History / Military / General; Ancient - Greece
First sentence: The figures of Napoleon and Alexander stand comparison: both were supremely successful generals, both were short of stature, both dreamed of world conquest, both covered up their failures, and both came to be virtually worshipped.