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	title:	Granicus 334BC: Alexander's First Persian Victory (Campaign): Alexander's First Persian Victory (Campaign)
	author:	Michael Thompson
	format:	Paperback
	publisher:	Osprey
	released:	July 10, 2007
	isbn:	1846030994
	isbn-13:	9781846030994

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Customer Reviews
Honest book, although poorly illustrated, mainly for Osprey Campaign fans - Rated First, to get everything straight, I collect Osprey Campaign titles and currently I have them all. Now, this title is quite honest and I enjoyed reading it, but I do not recommend it, except if you are a collector, like me. And here is why. This book gives quite a lot information about the beginning of the great adventure of Alexander the Great in Asia, but you can find the same information easily spending one hour on internet. You just put Alexander the Great, phalange, Granicus, etc. in your Google and just in wikipedia you will find the same stuff - for free. I know you can do it, because I did it. Now, Osprey Campaigns are short (96 pages in all) and more and more it is possible to get the same things on the web. What gives the edge to the Campaigns books are usually the maps and especially the colour plates. Here the maps are honest, but let's face it, you can find them easily also on the web. It leaves the colour plates - and here is the bad news: there are only two colour plates instead of three, and they are poor. The first one shows the cavalry fight in which Alexander almost lost his life (he was saved by Kleitos), and this one is honest, not great, but acceptable. The second one, showing the desperate fight of Greek mercenaries against the Macedonian phalange, is ridiculous, gray, lacking details and is in fact just a waste of two pages. Short message for the Osprey editors: "People, what makes the success of your books always was the colour plates - if you mess them up, you mess the reason why people are buying them". Conclusion - if you are a Campaigns fan and collector, buy it. Otherwise, go on the web and save some money.

Customer Reviews

Honest book, although poorly illustrated, mainly for Osprey Campaign fans - Rated 3/5
First, to get everything straight, I collect Osprey Campaign titles and currently I have them all. Now, this title is quite honest and I enjoyed reading it, but I do not recommend it, except if you are a collector, like me. And here is why.
This book gives quite a lot information about the beginning of the great adventure of Alexander the Great in Asia, but you can find the same information easily spending one hour on internet. You just put Alexander the Great, phalange, Granicus, etc. in your Google and just in wikipedia you will find the same stuff - for free. I know you can do it, because I did it.
Now, Osprey Campaigns are short (96 pages in all) and more and more it is possible to get the same things on the web. What gives the edge to the Campaigns books are usually the maps and especially the colour plates. Here the maps are honest, but let's face it, you can find them easily also on the web. It leaves the colour plates - and here is the bad news: there are only two colour plates instead of three, and they are poor. The first one shows the cavalry fight in which Alexander almost lost his life (he was saved by Kleitos), and this one is honest, not great, but acceptable. The second one, showing the desperate fight of Greek mercenaries against the Macedonian phalange, is ridiculous, gray, lacking details and is in fact just a waste of two pages. Short message for the Osprey editors: "People, what makes the success of your books always was the colour plates - if you mess them up, you mess the reason why people are buying them".
Conclusion - if you are a Campaigns fan and collector, buy it. Otherwise, go on the web and save some money.