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Bezig met laden... Alexander the Great: Journey to the End of the Earthdoor Norman Cantor
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Painfully mediocre. The best that can be said for it is that it was short - "succinct" as the blurb puts it. ( ) Good introduction to the not so great Alexander, who you learn throughout the book might not be such a great guy to be friends with. As I was reading this I wondered how much of this ancient history did George RR Martin draw on to create the Game of Thrones world. This is a very good overview of Alexander's march to India and a good bibliography is supplied for further reading if you want to go deeper into Alexander's world. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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"Alexander's behavior was conditioned along certain lines -- heroism, courage, strength, superstition, bisexuality, intoxication, cruelty. He bestrode Europe and Asia like a supernatural figure." In this succinct portrait of Alexander the Great, distinguished scholar and historian Norman Cantor illuminates the personal life and military conquests of this most legendary of men. Cantor draws from the major writings of Alexander's contemporaries combined with the most recent psychological and cultural studies to show Alexander as he was -- a great figure in the ancient world whose puzzling personality greatly fueled his military accomplishments. He describes Alexander's ambiguous relationship with his father, Philip II of Macedon; his oedipal involvement with his mother, the Albanian princess Olympias; and his bisexuality. He traces Alexander's attempts to bridge the East and West, the Greek and Persian worlds, using Achilles, hero of the Trojan War, as his model. Finally, Cantor explores Alexander's view of himself in relation to the pagan gods of Greece and Egypt. More than a biography, Norman Cantor's Alexander the Great is a psychological rendering of a man of his time. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)938.07History and Geography Ancient World Greece to 323 Greece to 323 Macedonian Supremacy (362-323 BC)LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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