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Häftad, Engelska, 2026
231 kr
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'I really cannot overstate how fabulous this book is' DAILY MAIL'Dazzling... This is biography of great brilliance and rare resonance' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'A pulsating, vivid life of a true historical titan' DAN JONES'A splendid book, lively, erudite... where myth and heroism meet' RORY STEWARTA stunningly written new biography of Alexander the Great, based on a series of important new discoveries and the author’s own translations of source material from twelve ancient languages.In 336 BCE, at the age of twenty, Alexander, a wide-eyed boy from the hills of Macedon, inherited a tumbledown kingdom, a pile of debts and an army which answered to nobody. Desperate to hold on to power, he led the army east, into the heart of the vast Persian Empire, and inadvertently began the greatest military campaign in history. The young man became a king, the king became a hero, the hero became a living god, and the god died aged thirty-two, broken-hearted in Babylon.For centuries, historians have told his story, yet Alexander has remained a mystery. But now, the ruins of his cities have emerged from the bottom of the sea and the dust of Central Asian hillsides. The diaries of Babylonian astronomers who knew him have been deciphered. The tombs of his ancestors have been unearthed. For the first time, instead of the legend, we can meet Alexander the man.Based on more than a decade of cutting-edge research, Alexander allows readers to feel the desert wind and experience the full horror of battle. Richardson’s research has taken him from the catacombs of Egypt to the passes of Afghanistan. Alexander is a cinematic work of non-fiction: a revelatory retelling of one of the most famous and elusive stories in history.
- Nyhet
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
302 kr
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'I really cannot overstate how fabulous this book is' DAILY MAIL'Dazzling... This is biography of great brilliance and rare resonance' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'A pulsating, vivid life of a true historical titan' DAN JONES'A splendid book, lively, erudite... where myth and heroism meet' RORY STEWARTA stunningly written new biography of Alexander the Great, based on a series of important new discoveries and the author’s own translations of source material from twelve ancient languages.In 336 BCE, at the age of twenty, Alexander, a wide-eyed boy from the hills of Macedon, inherited a tumbledown kingdom, a pile of debts and an army which answered to nobody. Desperate to hold on to power, he led the army east, into the heart of the vast Persian Empire, and inadvertently began the greatest military campaign in history. The young man became a king, the king became a hero, the hero became a living god, and the god died aged thirty-two, broken-hearted in Babylon.For centuries, historians have told his story, yet Alexander has remained a mystery. But now, the ruins of his cities have emerged from the bottom of the sea and the dust of Central Asian hillsides. The diaries of Babylonian astronomers who knew him have been deciphered. The tombs of his ancestors have been unearthed. For the first time, instead of the legend, we can meet Alexander the man.Based on more than a decade of cutting-edge research, Alexander allows readers to feel the desert wind and experience the full horror of battle. Richardson’s research has taken him from the catacombs of Egypt to the passes of Afghanistan. Alexander is a cinematic work of non-fiction: a revelatory retelling of one of the most famous and elusive stories in history.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2026
389 kr
Kommande
Inbunden, Engelska, 2023
346 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2023
180 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2025
346 kr
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Häftad, Engelska, 2025
194 kr
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Inbunden, Engelska, 2013
1 378 kr
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Victorian Britain set out to make the ancient world its own. This is the story of how it failed. It is the story of the headmaster who bludgeoned his wife to death, then calmly sat down to his Latin. It is the story of the embittered classical prodigy who turned to gin and opium - and the virtuoso forger who fooled the greatest scholars of the age. It is a history of hope: a general who longed to be an Homeric hero, a bankrupt poet who longed to start a revolution. Victorian classicism was defined by hope - but shaped by uncertainty. Packed with forgotten characters and texts, with the roar of the burlesque-stage and the mud of the battlefield, this book offers a rich insight into nineteenth-century culture and society. It explores just how difficult it is to stake a claim on the past.
E-bok
Engelska, 2022205 kr
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The King''s Shadow: The Extraordinary Tale of Charles Masson''s Epic Search for the Lost City of Alexandria in the Wild EastIn the age of empires, kings, and spies, Charles Masson embarked on a wild journey that would change the world. The King''s Shadow by Edmund Richardson is an impeccably researched tale of adventure, espionage, and discovery in nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan.Masson, a deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist, and spy, became one of the most respected scholars in Asia and the greatest of nineteenth-century travelers. He would take tea with kings, travel with holy men, master a hundred disguises, and even be offered his own kingdom. In 1833, he discovered the lost city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains, a meeting point of East and West that had vanished for centuries.Set during the Great Game, when imperial powers confronted each other in these staggeringly beautiful lands, Masson''s story is one of extreme violence, both personal and military, and boundless hope. He would discover tens of thousands of pieces of Afghan history, including the 2,000-year-old Bimaran golden casket, which bears the earliest known face of the Buddha.Richardson''s storytelling immerses readers in a world of dreamers, opportunists, and ne''er-do-wells at the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains. The King''s Shadow is the extraordinary untold story of an obsession passed down the centuries, a journey through the wild east that evokes both the exploits of Indiana Jones and the epic adventures of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
Häftad, Engelska, 2016
478 kr
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Victorian Britain set out to make the ancient world its own. This is the story of how it failed. It is the story of the headmaster who bludgeoned his wife to death, then calmly sat down to his Latin. It is the story of the embittered classical prodigy who turned to gin and opium - and the virtuoso forger who fooled the greatest scholars of the age. It is a history of hope: a general who longed to be an Homeric hero, a bankrupt poet who longed to start a revolution. Victorian classicism was defined by hope - but shaped by uncertainty. Packed with forgotten characters and texts, with the roar of the burlesque-stage and the mud of the battlefield, this book offers a rich insight into nineteenth-century culture and society. It explores just how difficult it is to stake a claim on the past.
Inbunden, Engelska, 2018
2 086 kr
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Classics in Extremis reimagines classical reception. Its contributors explore some of the most remarkable, hard-fought and unsettling claims ever made on the ancient world: from the coal-mines of England to the paradoxes of Borges, from Victorian sexuality to the trenches of the First World War, from American public-school classrooms to contemporary right-wing politics. How does the reception of the ancient world change under impossible strain?Its protagonists are ‘marginal’ figures who resisted that definition in the strongest terms. Contributors argue for a decentered model of classical reception: where the ‘marginal’ shapes the ‘central’ as much as vice versa – and where the most unlikely appropriations of antiquity often have the greatest impact. What kind of distortions does the model of ‘centre’ and ‘margins’ produce? How can ‘marginal’ receptions be recovered most effectively?Bringing together some of the leading scholars in the field, Classics in Extremis moves beyond individual case studies to develop fresh methodologies and perspectives on the study of classical reception.
E-bok
Engelska, 2018592 kr
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Classics in Extremis reimagines classical reception. Its contributors explore some of the most remarkable, hard-fought and unsettling claims ever made on the ancient world: from the coal-mines of England to the paradoxes of Borges, from Victorian sexuality to the trenches of the First World War, from American public-school classrooms to contemporary right-wing politics. How does the reception of the ancient world change under impossible strain? Its protagonists are ''marginal'' figures who resisted that definition in the strongest terms. Contributors argue for a decentered model of classical reception: where the ''marginal'' shapes the ''central'' as much as vice versa – and where the most unlikely appropriations of antiquity often have the greatest impact. What kind of distortions does the model of ''centre'' and ''margins'' produce? How can ''marginal'' receptions be recovered most effectively? Bringing together some of the leading scholars in the field, Classics in Extremis moves beyond individual case studies to develop fresh methodologies and perspectives on the study of classical reception.
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2018592 kr
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Classics in Extremis reimagines classical reception. Its contributors explore some of the most remarkable, hard-fought and unsettling claims ever made on the ancient world: from the coal-mines of England to the paradoxes of Borges, from Victorian sexuality to the trenches of the First World War, from American public-school classrooms to contemporary right-wing politics. How does the reception of the ancient world change under impossible strain? Its protagonists are ''marginal'' figures who resisted that definition in the strongest terms. Contributors argue for a decentered model of classical reception: where the ''marginal'' shapes the ''central'' as much as vice versa – and where the most unlikely appropriations of antiquity often have the greatest impact. What kind of distortions does the model of ''centre'' and ''margins'' produce? How can ''marginal'' receptions be recovered most effectively? Bringing together some of the leading scholars in the field, Classics in Extremis moves beyond individual case studies to develop fresh methodologies and perspectives on the study of classical reception.
Häftad, Engelska, 2020
551 kr
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Classics in Extremis reimagines classical reception. Its contributors explore some of the most remarkable, hard-fought and unsettling claims ever made on the ancient world: from the coal-mines of England to the paradoxes of Borges, from Victorian sexuality to the trenches of the First World War, from American public-school classrooms to contemporary right-wing politics. How does the reception of the ancient world change under impossible strain?Its protagonists are ‘marginal’ figures who resisted that definition in the strongest terms. Contributors argue for a decentered model of classical reception: where the ‘marginal’ shapes the ‘central’ as much as vice versa – and where the most unlikely appropriations of antiquity often have the greatest impact. What kind of distortions does the model of ‘centre’ and ‘margins’ produce? How can ‘marginal’ receptions be recovered most effectively?Bringing together some of the leading scholars in the field, Classics in Extremis moves beyond individual case studies to develop fresh methodologies and perspectives on the study of classical reception.
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Engelska, 2021150 kr
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''Not all lost cities are real, but this one was.''The extraordinary story of Alexander the Great''s lost city, and a quest to unravel one of the most captivating mysteries in ancient history.''Superb … impeccably researched, but with the pace and deftly woven plot complexity of a John le Carré novel ... utterly brilliant'' William Dalrymple, Guardian''[An] exceptional biography ... This is a jewel of a book'' Sunday Times''A brilliant and evocative biography, written with consummate scholarship, great style and wit'' Daily Telegraph______For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, an ordinary working-class boy from London turned deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist and highly respected scholar.On the way into one of history''s most extraordinary stories, Masson would take tea with kings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since. He would spy for the East India Company and be suspected of spying for Russia at the same time, for this was the era of the Great Game, when imperial powers confronted each other in these staggeringly beautiful lands. Masson discovered tens of thousands of pieces of Afghan history, including the 2,000-year-old Bimaran golden casket, which has upon it the earliest known face of the Buddha. He would be offered his own kingdom; he would change the world, and the world would destroy him.This is a wild journey through nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne''er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope. At the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains, it is the story of an obsession passed down the centuries.**Chosen as a Book of the Year by the Spectator, Listener and Sydney Morning Herald**
Häftad, Engelska, 2022
170 kr
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'Not all lost cities are real, but this one was.'The extraordinary story of Alexander the Great's lost city, and a quest to unravel one of the most captivating mysteries in ancient history.‘Superb … impeccably researched, but with the pace and deftly woven plot complexity of a John le Carré novel ... utterly brilliant’ William Dalrymple, Guardian‘[An] exceptional biography ... This is a jewel of a book’ Sunday Times‘A brilliant and evocative biography, written with consummate scholarship, great style and wit’ Daily Telegraph______For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, an ordinary working-class boy from London turned deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist and highly respected scholar.On the way into one of history’s most extraordinary stories, Masson would take tea with kings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since. He would spy for the East India Company and be suspected of spying for Russia at the same time, for this was the era of the Great Game, when imperial powers confronted each other in these staggeringly beautiful lands. Masson discovered tens of thousands of pieces of Afghan history, including the 2,000-year-old Bimaran golden casket, which has upon it the earliest known face of the Buddha. He would be offered his own kingdom; he would change the world, and the world would destroy him.This is a wild journey through nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne’er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope. At the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains, it is the story of an obsession passed down the centuries.**Chosen as a Book of the Year by the Spectator, Listener and Sydney Morning Herald**
E-bok
PDF, Engelska, 2021150 kr
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''Not all lost cities are real, but this one was.''The extraordinary story of Alexander the Great''s lost city, and a quest to unravel one of the most captivating mysteries in ancient history.''Superb … impeccably researched, but with the pace and deftly woven plot complexity of a John le Carré novel ... utterly brilliant'' William Dalrymple, Guardian''[An] exceptional biography ... This is a jewel of a book'' Sunday Times''A brilliant and evocative biography, written with consummate scholarship, great style and wit'' Daily Telegraph______For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghanistan by the unlikeliest person imaginable: Charles Masson, an ordinary working-class boy from London turned deserter, pilgrim, doctor, archaeologist and highly respected scholar.On the way into one of history''s most extraordinary stories, Masson would take tea with kings, travel with holy men and become the master of a hundred disguises; he would see things no westerner had glimpsed before and few have glimpsed since. He would spy for the East India Company and be suspected of spying for Russia at the same time, for this was the era of the Great Game, when imperial powers confronted each other in these staggeringly beautiful lands. Masson discovered tens of thousands of pieces of Afghan history, including the 2,000-year-old Bimaran golden casket, which has upon it the earliest known face of the Buddha. He would be offered his own kingdom; he would change the world, and the world would destroy him.This is a wild journey through nineteenth-century India and Afghanistan, with impeccably researched storytelling that shows us a world of espionage and dreamers, ne''er-do-wells and opportunists, extreme violence both personal and military, and boundless hope. At the edge of empire, amid the deserts and the mountains, it is the story of an obsession passed down the centuries.**Chosen as a Book of the Year by the Spectator, Listener and Sydney Morning Herald**
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E-bok
Engelska, 2026276 kr
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'A thrilling story, wonderfully told by one of the great historians' KEN FOLLETT'Dazzling... This is biography of great brilliance and rare resonance' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE'A pulsating, vivid life of a true historical titan' DAN JONES'A splendid book, lively, erudite... where myth and heroism meet' RORY STEWARTA stunningly written new biography of Alexander the Great, based on a series of important new discoveries and the author's own translations of source material from twelve ancient languages. In 336 BCE, at the age of twenty, Alexander, a wide-eyed boy from the hills of Macedon, inherited a tumbledown kingdom, a pile of debts and an army which answered to nobody. Desperate to hold on to power, he led the army east, into the heart of the vast Persian Empire, and inadvertently began the greatest military campaign in history. The young man became a king, the king became a hero, the hero became a living god, and the god died aged thirty-two, broken-hearted in Babylon. For centuries, historians have told his story, yet Alexander has remained a mystery. But now, the ruins of his cities have emerged from the bottom of the sea and the dust of Central Asian hillsides. The diaries of Babylonian astronomers who knew him have been deciphered. The tombs of his ancestors have been unearthed. For the first time, instead of the legend, we can meet Alexander the man. Based on more than a decade of cutting-edge research, Alexander allows readers to feel the desert wind and experience the full horror of battle. Richardson's research has taken him from the catacombs of Egypt to the passes of Afghanistan. Alexander is a cinematic work of non-fiction: a revelatory retelling of one of the most famous and elusive stories in history.
Inbunden, Tyska, 2025
328 kr
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E-bok
Spanska, 2022140 kr
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El relato de unos de los episodios más fascinantes de la historia, el descubrimiento de la ciudad perdida de Alejandro Magno por parte del aventurero Charles Masson. Una gran historia de arqueología, exploración y espionaje.Se disfruta enormemente – BBC History MagazineApasionante... Una historia extraordinaria, llena de grandeza y violencia – The New York TimesEste libro es una joya – James McConnachie, The Sunday TimesTiene el ritmo y la complejidad de una trama hábilmente tejida por John Le Carré. Es una pequeña obra maestra – William Dalrymple, The GuardianDurante siglos, la ciudad de Alejandría del Cáucaso, fundada por Alejandro Magno, fue un importante lugar de encuentro entre Oriente y Occidente, hasta que se desvaneció en los anales de la historia... Sin embargo, todo cambió en 1833, cuando fue descubierta en Afganistán por la persona más improbable que uno se pueda imaginar: Charles Masson, un chico normal de clase trabajadora de Londres convertido en desertor, peregrino, médico, arqueólogo y erudito muy respetado.En el transcurso de este extraordinario episodio de la historia, Masson tomará el té con reyes, viajará con hombres santos y se convertirá en un maestro de los disfraces; verá cosas que ningún occidental haya vislumbrado antes y que pocos han vislumbrado desde entonces. Ejercerá de espía para la Compañía de las Indias Orientales y será sospechoso de espiar para Rusia al mismo tiempo, porque estamos en la era del Gran Juego, y las potencias imperiales se enfrentan en el escenario de estas tierras asombrosamente hermosas. En su periplo, Masson descubrirá decenas de miles de piezas de la historia afgana, incluido el ataúd dorado de Bimaran de 2000 años de antigüedad, que contiene el rostro más antiguo conocido de Buda. Se le ofrecerá su propio reino, él cambiará el mundo y el mundo lo destruirá a él.Un viaje salvaje a través de la India y Afganistán del siglo xix, una narración basada en una investigación impecable que desvela un mundo de espías y románticos soñadores, fracasados y oportunistas, violencia extrema tanto personal como militar, pero también un mundo de esperanza ilimitada. Al filo del Imperio, entre los desiertos y las montañas, esta es la historia de una obsesión más allá de los siglos.
E-bok
Spanska, 2026140 kr
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El relato de unos de los episodios mas fascinantes de la historia, el descubrimiento de la ciudad perdida de Alejandro Magno por parte del aventurero Charles Masson. Una gran historia de arqueologia, exploracion y espionaje. Se disfruta enormemente BBC History MagazineApasionante... Una historia extraordinaria, llena de grandeza y violencia The New York TimesEste libro es una joya James McConnachie, The Sunday TimesTiene el ritmo y la complejidad de una trama habilmente tejida por John Le Carre. Es una pequena obra maestra William Dalrymple, The GuardianDurante siglos, la ciudad de Alejandria del Caucaso, fundada por Alejandro Magno, fue un importante lugar de encuentro entre Oriente y Occidente, hasta que se desvanecio en los anales de la historia... Sin embargo, todo cambio en 1833, cuando fue descubierta en Afganistan por la persona mas improbable que uno se pueda imaginar: Charles Masson, un chico normal de clase trabajadora de Londres convertido en desertor, peregrino, medico, arqueologo y erudito muy respetado. En el transcurso de este extraordinario episodio de la historia, Masson tomara el te con reyes, viajara con hombres santos y se convertira en un maestro de los disfraces; vera cosas que ningun occidental haya vislumbrado antes y que pocos han vislumbrado desde entonces. Ejercera de espia para la Compania de las Indias Orientales y sera sospechoso de espiar para Rusia al mismo tiempo, porque estamos en la era del Gran Juego, y las potencias imperiales se enfrentan en el escenario de estas tierras asombrosamente hermosas. En su periplo, Masson descubrira decenas de miles de piezas de la historia afgana, incluido el ataud dorado de Bimaran de 2000 anos de antiguedad, que contiene el rostro mas antiguo conocido de Buda. Se le ofrecera su propio reino, el cambiara el mundo y el mundo lo destruira a el. Un viaje salvaje a traves de la India y Afganistan del siglo xix, una narracion basada en una investigacion impecable que desvela un mundo de espias y romanticos sonadores, fracasados y oportunistas, violencia extrema tanto personal como militar, pero tambien un mundo de esperanza ilimitada. Al filo del Imperio, entre los desiertos y las montanas, esta es la historia de una obsesion mas alla de los siglos.