Picture 1 of 4
Gallery
Picture 1 of 4
Have one to sell?
Alexander: The Ambiguity of Greatness by Guy MacLean Rogers (2004 HCDJ, 1st ed.)
US $9.89
ApproximatelyS$ 12.67
or Best Offer
Condition:
Like New
A book in excellent condition. Cover is shiny and undamaged, and the dust jacket is included for hard covers. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. May be very minimal identifying marks on the inside cover. Very minimal wear and tear.
Oops! Looks like we're having trouble connecting to our server.
Refresh your browser window to try again.
Pickup:
Free local pickup from Cedarville, Ohio, United States.
Shipping:
US $5.97 (approx S$ 7.65) USPS Media MailTM.
Located in: Cedarville, Ohio, United States
Save on combined shipping
Delivery:
Estimated between Tue, 16 Sep and Sat, 20 Sep to 94104
Returns:
30 days return. Buyer pays for return shipping. If you use an eBay shipping label, it will be deducted from your refund amount.
Coverage:
Read item description or contact seller for details. See all detailsSee all details on coverage
(Not eligible for eBay purchase protection programmes)
Seller assumes all responsibility for this listing.
eBay item number:226649832395
Item specifics
- Condition
- Narrative Type
- Nonfiction
- Features
- Dust Jacket
- Country/Region of Manufacture
- United States
- Edition
- Collector's Edition
- ISBN
- 9781400062614
About this product
Product Identifiers
Publisher
Random House Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400062616
ISBN-13
9781400062614
eBay Product ID (ePID)
30755468
Product Key Features
Book Title
Alexander : the Ambiguity of Greatness
Number of Pages
464 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2004
Topic
Ancient / Greece
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
History
Format
Hardcover
Dimensions
Item Height
1.4 in
Item Weight
26.6 Oz
Item Length
9.5 in
Item Width
6.2 in
Additional Product Features
Intended Audience
Trade
LCCN
2004-046813
Reviews
Advance praise forAlexander "This thorough and deeply researched book is very welcome. Guy Rogers gives us, too, the astonishing and highly important relevance, to our whole history, including recent times, of this almost incredible career. Read it and think!" ROBERT CONQUEST "Rogers'sAlexanderis a learned and judicious essay about a man who became a myth in his lifetime and remains partly mythical today in spite of the best efforts of generations of scholars to interpret and reinterpret surviving ancient texts about him. Certainty on many points will never be possib≤ but reading what Rogers has to say about how Alexander changed the world around him and how his deeds still echo among us is a delightful exercise. Alexander modeled himself on Homer's heroes and actually joined their company, as no one else ever managed to do." WILLIAM H. MCNEILL, professor emeritus in history, University of Chicago, and author ofThe Rise of the West "Guy Rogers has written a lively account of the amazing career of Alexander the Great. He greatly admires the Macedonian conqueror and his achievements, but his judgments are more balanced and marked by common sense than many modern treatments." DONALD KAGAN, Sterling Professor of History and Classics, Yale University, author ofThe Peloponnesian Warand other books. From the Hardcover edition.
Dewey Edition
22
Dewey Decimal
938/.07/092 B
Synopsis
For nearly two and a half millennia, Alexander the Great has loomed over history as a legendand an enigma. Wounded repeatedly but always triumphant in battle, he conquered most of the known world, only to die mysteriously at the age of thirty-two. In his day he was revered as a god; in our day he has been reviled as a mass murderer, a tyrant as brutal as Stalin or Hitler. Who was the man behind the mask of power? Why did Alexander embark on an unprecedented program of global domination? What accounted for his astonishing success on the battlefield? In this luminous new biography, the esteemed classical scholar and historian Guy MacLean Rogers sifts through thousands of years of history and myth to uncover the truth about this complex, ambiguous genius. Ascending to the throne of Macedonia after the assassination of his father, King Philip II, Alexander discovered while barely out of his teens that he had an extraordinary talent and a boundless appetite for military conquest. A virtuoso of violence, he was gifted with an uncanny ability to visualize how a battle would unfold, coupled with devastating decisiveness in the field. Granicus, Issos, Gaugamela, Hydaspesas the victories mounted, Alexander's passion for conquest expanded from cities to countries to continents. When Persia, the greatest empire of his day, fell before him, he marched at once on India, intending to add it to his holdings. As Rogers shows, Alexander's military prowess only heightened his exuberant sexuality. Though his taste for multiple partners, both male and female, was tolerated, Alexander's relatively enlightened treatment of women was nothing short of revolutionary. He outlawed rape, he placed intelligent women in positions of authority, and he chose his wives from among the peoples he conquered. Indeed, as Rogers argues, Alexander's fascination with Persian culture, customs, and sexual practices may have led to his downfall, perhaps even to his death. Alexander emerges as a charismatic and surprisingly modern figureneither a messiah nor a genocidal butcher but one of the most imaginative and daring military tacticians of all time. Balanced and authoritative, this brilliant portrait brings Alexander to life as a man, without diminishing the power of the legend.
LC Classification Number
DF234.R73 2004
Item description from the seller
Popular categories from this store
Seller feedback (1,661)
- Évaluations automatiques eBay- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthCommande terminée - avec suivi et dans les délais
- Évaluations automatiques eBay- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthCommande terminée - avec suivi et dans les délais
- Évaluations automatiques eBay- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthCommande terminée - avec suivi et dans les délais
Popular categories from this store
Seller feedback (1,661)
- Évaluations automatiques eBay- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthCommande terminée - avec suivi et dans les délais
- Évaluations automatiques eBay- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthCommande terminée - avec suivi et dans les délais
- Évaluations automatiques eBay- Feedback left by buyer.Past monthCommande terminée - avec suivi et dans les délais