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Continuing the epic saga of Alexander the Great, Alexander: The Sands of Ammon brilliantly describes Alexander's quest to conquer Asia, the limitless domain ruled by the Great King of the Persians. In a seemingly impossible venture, Alexander and his men storm Persian fortresses and harbours, crippling King Darius' domain of land and sea. Even the legendary Halicarnassus is defeated by the Macedonian armies. Ruthlessly, Alexander's war machine moves ever onward taking him up into the show more snow-covered Anatolian highlands. But there is danger ahead. Despite the defeat of Darius, the Island City of Tyre and the Towers of Gaza prove to be formidable obstacles. Undeterred, Alexander surges forth over land and sea to the mysterious land of Egypt. And there, in the sands, lies the Oracle of Ammon, waiting to reveal an amazing truth to Alexander. One that will change his already amazing life. show lessTags
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Andra delen av trilogin om Alexanders den storas liv är lika bra som den första, skillnaden är den att Ammons Spådom handlar mycket om krig eftersom den beskriver tiden då kung Filip är död, Alexander har tagit över makten i Makedonien och börjar lägga under sig Asien ända upp till Egypten. Detta är en riktigt spänande bok samtidigt som den är lärorik, ett stort äventyr väntar de som ger sig på denna fantastiska triologin. :
I didn't find this title as thrilling as the previous one. This secund volume of Alexander's series follows the main character through his conquering campaign of the Persian territory. I thought the narration of the battles were really boring, and although the historical background keeps the story real there are times that the fiction is forgotten and the book becomes a documentary about the facts of Alexander's life. I was hoping to get a mixture of both facts and fantasy so I got I little disappointed.
The occasional references to Aristotle's investigation into the death of Philip are the most interesting part of this volume.
Again, generally a rather flat re-telling of the story. What made Alexander more special and more deserving to be remembered than any other would-be world conqueror? No clues from this book.
Again, generally a rather flat re-telling of the story. What made Alexander more special and more deserving to be remembered than any other would-be world conqueror? No clues from this book.
Still engaging but somehow not so much as the first volume. It made me postpone the reading of the third volume to when I'll have nothing better to read...
I really enjoyed it. I really did.
Narrative is well told
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Italian historian and archaeologist Valerio Massimo Manfredi is a professor of classical archaeology at the University of Milan. He was named Man of the Year 1999 by the American Biographical Institute for this bestselling trilogy. Manfredi's books have been published in France, Germany, Greece, Russia, Spain, and the United Kingdom. (Bowker show more Author Biography) show less
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- Canonical title
- Alexander: The Sands of Ammon
- Original title
- Aléxandros: Le sabbie di Amon
- Original publication date
- 1998
- People/Characters
- Alexander III the Great, 326-253 BC; Aristotle, 384-322; Callisthenes (historian); Hephaestion (general); Ptolemy I Soter (general); Parmenion (general) (show all 31); Cleitus the Black (general); Spithridates (Persian commander); Memnon of Rhodes; Barsine (wife of Memnon); Philotas (son of Parmenion); Eumenes of Cardia (secretary of Alexander); Lysippos (sculptor); Apelles (painter); Campaspe (as Pancaspe | mistress of Alexander); Leptine (servant of Alexander); Ada of Caria; Aristander (seer of Telmessos); Seleucus I Nicator (general); Perdiccas (general); Lysimachus (general); Leonnatus (general); Antipater (general); Amyntas (cousin of Alexander); Peritas (dog of Alexander); Bucephalus (horse of Alexander); Eumolphus of Soloi (informer); Darius III (Great King of Persia); Philip (physician); Leonidas (old teacher of Alexander); Dinocrates (architect)
- Important places
- Ancient Greece; Macedon; Macedonia; Asia Minor; Granicus River, Northwestern Asia Minor, near Troy; Ephesus, Asia Minor (show all 19); Miletus, Asia Minor; Alinda, Asia Minor; Halicarnassus, Asia Minor; Telmessos, Asia Minor (as Termessus); Celaenae, Asia Minor (as Kelainai); Gordion, Asia Minor (as Gordium); Issus, Achaemenid Empire; Sidon, Lebanon; Tyre, Lebanon; Gaza, Palestine; Alexandria, Egypt; Memphis, Egypt; Siwa Oasis, Egypt
- Important events
- Battle of the Granicus River (334BC); Siege of Miletus (334BC); Siege of Halicarnassus (334BC); Battle of Issus (333BC); Siege of Tyre (332BC)
- Dedication
- To Christine
- First words
- From the top of the hill Alexander turned towards the beach and beheld a scene that was almost an identical repetition of one that had been played out a thousand years earlier.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Alexander nodded gravely, and while Eumenes walked away he turned once more to the infinity of the sky and the desert, and cried in silence.
- Original language
- Italian
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- Fiction and Literature, General Fiction, Historical Fiction
- DDC/MDS
- 853.914 — Literature & rhetoric Italian, Romanian & related literatures Italian fiction 1900- 20th Century 1945-1999
- LCC
- PQ4873 .A4776 .A8 — Language and Literature French, Italian, Spanish and Portuguese literatures Italian literature Individual authors, 1961-2000
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- ISBNs
- 48
- ASINs
- 13
