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发表于2024-11-22
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024
Between 334 and 324 B.C. the Macedonian army, led by Alexander the Great, marched relentlessly across Asia. An event of bravery and cruelty, endurance and greed, Alexander's expedition was a turning point in human history. His conquest opened up contacts between Europe and Asia, unleashing astonishing historical energies that continue to affect the world today. This extraordinary book recreates Alexander's 22,000 mile, ten-year expedition from Greece to India, following as much as possible the actual route of his journey. Historian Michael Wood traversed seventeen countries, trekking through the Zagros Mountains to find the lost site of Alexander's battle at the 'Persian Gates', drinking black tea in the Hindu Kush, listening to ancient stories of Sikander e Aazem, and crossing the Makran Desert with twenty-three camels. He traveled with Lebanese traders, Iranian pilgrims, Afghan guerrillas, and other local people on a journey that took him through many of the twentieth century's major trouble spots, including Beirut and Kurdistan. Wood bases his account of Alexander's conquest on the texts of Greek and Roman historians, but he also reconsiders the Greek adventure in terms of modern ideas on colonialism, orientalism, and racism. The Macedonian conquest, which has mainly been seen through Greek sources, is illuminated for the first time by medieval travelers' narratives, newly discovered oracles, and prophecies on papyrus or clay tablet. At the heart of Wood's powerful story is the towering, enigmatic character of Alexander the Great. He ascended the throne at twenty, conquered much of the known world before he was thirty, and was dead by the age of thirty-two. A ruthless politician, brilliant military tactician, devoted son, family man, lover of both women and men, Alexander was known for his extreme generosity as well as his ferocious cruelty. Following in the conqueror's footsteps centuries later, Michael Wood overhears the words of the fabled Greek mermaid who calls to passing sailors: 'Great Alexander still lives'.
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齣生於英國曼徹斯特,畢業自曼徹斯特文法學校及牛津大學奧瑞爾學院。牛津畢業後,曾留校繼續從事盎格魯撒剋遜史的研究。後做過記者,播音員及電影導演,當過作傢,拍攝過50餘部的紀錄片。另負責撰稿和主述英國廣播公司的電視片《亞曆山大東徵傳奇》。
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評分数年前,东方出版社出版了一套BBC地球卧游系列丛书,这是BBC根据他们所拍摄的纪录片而出的文字版。我先是看了其中的两本:《历史铁道大旅行——六个文明腹地的探索游》和《不可思议的旅程——六种动物的迁徙之路》,当时当当网上打特价,六元一本,觉得真是很值,如此多的...
評分数年前,东方出版社出版了一套BBC地球卧游系列丛书,这是BBC根据他们所拍摄的纪录片而出的文字版。我先是看了其中的两本:《历史铁道大旅行——六个文明腹地的探索游》和《不可思议的旅程——六种动物的迁徙之路》,当时当当网上打特价,六元一本,觉得真是很值,如此多的...
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024