Ghost on the Throne The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire

Name: Ghost on the Throne The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire
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ISBN: 9780307456601

ISBN-10: 0307456609

ISBN-13: 9780307456601

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Authors: James Romm

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Alexander the Great, perhaps the most commanding leader in history, united his empire and his army by the titanic force of his will. His death at the age of thirty-two spelled the end of that unity.The story of Alexander’s conquest of the Persian empire is known to many readers, but the dramatic and consequential saga of the empire’s collapse remains virtually untold. It is a tale of loss that begins with the greatest loss of all, the death of the Macedonian king who had held the empire together.With his demise, it was as if the sun had disappeared from the solar system, as if planets and moons began to spin crazily in new directions, crashing into one another with unimaginable…

Book details

List price: $25.00
Publisher: Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Publication date: 11/13/2012
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 416
Size: 5.14" wide x 7.98" long x 0.81" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Preface


Note on Pronunciations


Acknowledgments


Introduction: The Opening of the Tombs



Bodyguards and Companions



The Testing of Perdiccas



The Athenians' Last Stand (I)



Resistance, Rebellion, Reconquest



The Athenians' Last Stand (II)



A Death on the Nile



The Fortunes of Eumenes



The War Comes Home



Duels to the Death



The Closing of the Tombs


Epilogue


Notes


Bibliography


Index