Alexander the Great

(1880)


Chapter I: Childhood and Youth
Chapter II: Beginning of His Reign
Chapter III: The Reaction
Chapter IV: Crossing the Hellespont
Chapter V: Campaign in Asia Minor
Chapter VI: Defeat of Darius
Chapter VII: The Siege of Tyre
Chapter VIII: Alexander in Egypt
Chapter IX: The Great Victory
Chapter X: The Death of Darius
Chapter XI: Deterioration of Character
Chapter XII: Alexander's End
Notes
Map of Alexander's Marches (slow: 94K)
Jumbo Map of Alexander's Marches (monstrously slow: 1.4Mb)


Book Summary
Biography of Alexander the Great concentrates on the period from his birth to the death of his Persian rival Darius. A broad overview then quickly covers the period after the Battle of Arbela, to India, back across the desert, and Alexander's demise in Babylon.


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