The Rise and Fall of Alexandria
By Justin Pollard and Howard Reid
By Justin Pollard and Howard Reid
By Justin Pollard and Howard Reid
By Justin Pollard and Howard Reid
Category: Ancient World History
Category: Ancient World History
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$24.00
Oct 30, 2007 | ISBN 9780143112518
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Oct 30, 2007 | ISBN 9781440620836
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Praise
“Lively and Lucid. The real action [in] the classical world lay in Alexandria. Tells the story of ancient Alexandrian science, Cleopatra, with relish and brio.”
–The Weekly Standard
“A marvelous work, a sweeping narrative, as grand as it is unusual, Pollard and Reid breathe life into the dust of philosophers and kings.”
-Barry Strauss, author of The Trojan War: A New History and The Battle of Salamis
“Lucid, entertaining, full of exquisite images.”
-Michael Hirst, screenwriter of Elizabeth
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