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Adventures in Time: Alexander the Great - Adventures in Time (Paperback)
Dominic Sandbrook (author)Published: 02/11/2023
Take a journey to a vanished world with the ADVENTURES IN TIME series - stories so exciting you won't believe they're all true
'His mind was clear. It was time to go east. Time to march into Asia, to confront the Persians and to meet his destiny...'
Alexander has one, wild dream: to rule the world. And with his childhood friends and his beloved horse Bucephalas, he sets out from his home in Ancient Greece to do just that. With historian Dominic Sandbrook as our guide, join Alexander on his incredible journey through the deserts of Egypt and over the snow-capped mountains of Persia all the way to India, defeating all who stand in his way. For anything is possible with the help of the gods...
The Adventures in Time series brings the past alive for twenty-first century children. These stories are every bit as exciting as those of Harry Potter or Matilda Wormwood. The only difference is they actually happened...
Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd
ISBN: 9780141994307
Number of pages: 336
Weight: 246 g
Dimensions: 197 x 128 x 20 mm
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History and fiction meld in a spectacular new series retelling thrilling tales from past eras, all with the benefit of the latest research. In the launch title, a young boy from Macedonia becomes a brilliant though flawed leader of men. Sandbrook demonstrates that the facts don't stand in the way of a good story: they enhance it. - Financial Times Books of the Year 2021
Few plots can rival the real-life dramas played out in the superb Adventures in Time series by the historian Dominic Sandbrook, one of the most exciting new voices in children's non-fiction. - Daily Telegraph
The brio of the accounts sweep children along on the adventure and introduce them to the way in which history shapes our modern world. - Daily Mail Children's Books of the Year 2021
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“Beyond brilliant!”
What a fabulously written book! Seriously spectacularly penned and a great account of Alexander the Greats life. With all of his battles, achievements and accomplishments throughout his time, the book does such a... More
“Brings Alexander to life for a younger audience”
I found this to be both an absorbing and well written narrative non-fiction book charting the life of Alexander the Great. From birth to death, this describes Alexanders world, culture, conquests and legacy in a style... More
“brilliant for 11 yrs plus to adults”
This was a brilliant book. I read it with my 9 year old and she loved it until just over half way before she didn't want to finish it. This was through no fault of the book she was obviously because she was... More
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