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9781551116761
Walter of Chtillons Latin epic of the life of Alexander the Great was a twelfth and thirteenth-century bestseller; scribes produced over two hundred manuscripts. The poem follows Alexander from his first successes in Asia Minor, through his conquest of Persia and India and his progressive moral degeneration, to his death by poisoning at the hands of a disaffected lieutenant.Gautier is the author of 'Alexandreis A Twelfth-century Epic', published 2006 under ISBN 9781551116761 and ISBN 1551116766.
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