Edition |
First Vintage books edition, November 2012. |
Description |
xxii, 389 pages : illustrations, maps ; 21 cm |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 363-376) and index. |
Contents |
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. |
Summary |
" ... Brings to life the cutthroat competition and the struggle for control of the Greek world's greatest empire"--Page 4 of cover. |
Subject |
Greece -- History -- Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.
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Macedonia -- History -- Diadochi, 323-276 B.C.
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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Death and burial.
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ISBN |
9780307456601 |
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0307456609 |
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