Books Tell You Why, Inc.

A soiled and edgeworn Very Good- edition with tanning to the pages.

Jacob Abbott's biography of Hannibal, one of the most fascinating and complex figures in history, tells the story of a man who was at once brilliant and deadly, heroic and ruthless. From his earliest years, when he displayed prodigious skills as a soldier and general, to his final days, when he fought against Rome in the final siege of Carthage, Abbott brings to life the extraordinary life and times of the greatest military strategist of all time.; 8vo; 257 pages.