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Summary:

Alexander the Great, perhaps the most commanding leader in history, united his empire and his army by the titanic force of his will. His death at the age of 32 spelled the end of that unity. The story of his conquests is known to many readers, but the saga of the empire's collapse remains virtually untold. Alexander bequeathed his power, legend has it, "to the strongest," leaving behind a mentally damaged half brother and a posthumously born son as his only heirs, who quickly became pawns fought over by the Macedonian generals. Meanwhile, Alexander's former secretary, Eumenes, a man full of tricks and connivances, became the determining factor in the precarious fortunes of the royal family. Classicist James Romm tells the story of the men who followed Alexander and found themselves incapable of preserving his empire--a world formerly united, now ripped apart into a nightmare of warring nation-states struggling for domination, the template of our own times.--From publisher description.

Table of Contents:

• Bodyguards and companions
• The testing of Perdiccas
• The Athenians' last stand (I)
• Resistance, rebellion, reconquest
• The Athenians' last stand (II)
• A death on the Nile
• The fortunes of Eumenes
• The war comes home
• Duels to the death
• The closing of the tombs.

Author/Creator:

Romm, James S.

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Ghost on the throne: the death of Alexander the Great and the war for crown and empire [by Romm, J.S.]

Other Related Resources:

Print version: Ghost on the throne [by Romm, J.S.] (1st ed.; New York : Alfred A. Knopf, c2011 — ISBN 9780307271648; LCCN 2011008657; OCLC Number 699763975)

Subjects:

Greece — History — Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.

Macedonia — History — Diadochi, 323-276 B.C.

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. — Death and burial

Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C.

Diadochi (Macedonia : 323-276 B.C.)

323-276 B.C.

Greece

Europe — Macedonia

Genres:

History

General Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xxii, 341 pages) : illustrations

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

DF235.4 .R66 2011eb

ISBNs:

9780307701503 (electronic bk.)
0307701506 (electronic bk.)
9780307271648 [Invalid]
0307271641 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

773579808

Other Control Numbers:

721860 (source: EbpS)