Alexandria: Secrets of the Lost City
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Alexandria: Secrets of the Lost City
14.99 €
9.59 €
Alexandria, one of the cities founded by Alexander the Great, stood for centuries at the crossroads of East and West, in the heart of modern Afghanistan. Then the city disappeared: it was not until the 19th century that Charles Masson, a deserter in the East India Company's army, a fictionist, an archaeologist inspired by the story of the legendary king, would find its trail. Beginning his archaeological investigations, Masson had no idea that he was destined to play a role in incredible events. "Masson was to beg alms by the roadside and drink tea with the rulers, to see what had never before appeared to the eyes of Europeans, and from an ordinary soldier to become one of the greatest archaeologists of his time. He will devote his life to the search for Alexander the Great, and this search will lead him through snow-capped mountains, reveal to him the secret halls of jewels and a lost city, covered by the sands of Afghanistan. He will dig up priceless treasures and witness unspeakable atrocities. He will decipher a language forgotten for over a thousand years. The world's most powerful empires will blackmail and persecute him. He will be imprisoned for treason. He will be offered to rule a kingdom. He will change the world, and the world will destroy him." (Edmund Richardson)
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