The shadow king / Harry Sidebottom.
By: Sidebottom, Harry [author.].
Contributor(s): Bruce-Lockhart, Dugald [narrator.].
Publisher: Rearsby : Clipper Audiobooks, 2024Description: 9 CDs (638 min.) : digital, stereo.Content type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781004149056 (CDs) :.Subject(s): Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Fiction | Rome -- History -- Empire, 30 B.C.-284 A.D. -- FictionGenre/Form: Historical fiction. | Audiobooks.DDC classification: 823.9'2 Narrated by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart.Summary: Alexander of Macedon was just twenty years old in 334BC when he set out with a small army to challenge Persia, the largest and most powerful empire in the world. The Macedonians marched East into the unknown, won battles against overwhelming odds, stormed impregnable fortresses. In the deserts and mountains between the Aegean and India they conquered nature itself. Yet disaster was never more than a sword stroke away. Alexander's companions were riven with murderous rivalries, their loyalty contingent. The threat of treason, inspired by ambition and Persian gold, or by honour and principle, was ever present.Item type | Home library | Class number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item reservations | |
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Audiobooks | Haydock Library Talking Book | In transit from Moss Bank Library to Haydock Library since 11/03/2024 | 38055012940615 |
Narrated by Dugald Bruce-Lockhart.
Alexander of Macedon was just twenty years old in 334BC when he set out with a small army to challenge Persia, the largest and most powerful empire in the world. The Macedonians marched East into the unknown, won battles against overwhelming odds, stormed impregnable fortresses. In the deserts and mountains between the Aegean and India they conquered nature itself. Yet disaster was never more than a sword stroke away. Alexander's companions were riven with murderous rivalries, their loyalty contingent. The threat of treason, inspired by ambition and Persian gold, or by honour and principle, was ever present.