Alexander the Great

by W. W. Tarn

Paperback, 1966

Status

Available

Call number

938.07

Collection

Publication

Beacon (1966), Paperback, 161 pages

Description

The definitive work on Alexander the Great written by this century's foremost authority.

User reviews

LibraryThing member antiquary
Well-known, but excessively biased in favor of Alexander. I doubt he was either as idealistic or as moral as Tarn claims.
My views are closer to Badian's
LibraryThing member timspalding
Tarn is, of course, great. But he's only for experienced Alexander-explorers. Many of his facts and virtually all of his interpretation is now either overturned or in serious doubt. At this point, he's more useful as an example of what can go wrong in the study of Alexander--and history
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generally--and for his writing than for the content itself.
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Physical description

496 p.; 8.3 inches

ISBN

none
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