Displaying 1 of 1 2024 Format: Book Author: Kousser, Rachel, 1972- author. Title: Alexander at the end of the world : the forgotten final years of Alexander the Great / Rachel Kousser. Edition: First edition. Publisher, Date: New York : Mariner Books, [2024] ©2024 Description: viii, 401 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 24 cm Summary: This biography of Alexander the Great's final years focuses on his seven-year journey through the unknown eastern borderlands of the Persian empire to reach Afghanistan and fulfill his quest to rule the world. Subjects: Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Military history, Ancient. Genre: Biographies. Other Author: David Lindroth Inc., cartographer. Other Title: Forgotten final years of Alexander the Great Notes: Maps on endpapers. "Endpaper and interior maps by David Lindroth, Inc."--Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-388) and index. Contents: Prologue: Alexander's choice -- A city on fire -- The hunt for the great king -- Old friends and new clothes -- Lovers and conspirators -- Epic combat -- Across the Hindu Kush -- Fighting the hydra -- Murder at the feast -- Three banquets and a conspiracy -- Following in the footsteps of the gods -- How to fight an elephant -- Monsoon and mutiny -- The end of the world -- The land of the fish eaters -- A ransacked tomb and a fiery death -- Ninety-two brides -- Demobilization and its discontents -- The death of Patroklos -- Babylon -- Epilogue: Alexander's new world. ISBN: 9780062869685 006286968X Other Number: 1444252769 System Availability: 3 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 3 Control Number: 1073219 # Local items in: 2 # System items in: 2 Call Number: BIO Alexande Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
