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| Foreword | 7 | |
| Introduction | 9 | |
| Pre-Alexandria: Keys to the Rise of an Immortal City | 21 | |
| Alexandria: Thousand-Year Capital of Egypt | 35 | |
| The Great Library and Mouseion: Intellectual Center of the World | 83 | |
| Alexandria: French Expedition to the Modern Age | 109 |
| Price | Condition | Delivery | Seller | Action |
| $99.99 | Digital |
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Timothy Heidt
reviewed Alexandria: The Site and the History on August 16, 2012
Alexandria
This book is astounding!
Like others, I suspect, I thought I had some decent grasp on the story of the conquest of the Aztecs by Cortés and his conquistadores. I was aware of the Aztec belief that a white god was returning in the very year that Cortés showed up, a belief that attenuated their response to his advent. And the fact that they were overawed by the horses and hardware. All that stuff. The truth, I found, was that I hadn't a clue until I read this splendid history.
It is an utterly fascinating, nearly unbelievable story told in an admirable style. Published in 1843, William H. Prescott's style takes a little getting used to. One is soon in the swing of it, however, and soon after that one begins to relish it.
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