At eighteen Alexander had conquered mainland Greece, was crowned
King of Macedonia at twenty and by twenty-six he had made himself
master of the once mighty Persian Empire. By the time of his death,
aged only thirty-three, in 323BCE he was ruler of the known world
and was being worshipped as a god by the Greeks, both at Babylon,
where he died, and further west, among the Greek cities of the
Asiatic seaboard. The fruit of a lifetime's scholarship and
meticulous research, this is an outstanding biography of one of the
most remarkable rulers in history. 'A hugely impressive portrait of
a towering but enigmatic figure' Saul David, Sunday Telegraph 'A
revealing, often enthralling search . . . [a] restless,
exhilarating book' Observer 'Fascinating . . . blends all the
pleasures of Hollywood epic with those of a subtle and deeply
intriguing detective tale' Tom Holland, author of Rubicon
'Alexander the Great provides an endless fount both of amazement
and of speculation. This gripping book examines the legends as well
as the life. Most interestingly, it invites the reader to
participate in the difficult task of separating the fact from the
fiction' Norman Davies At eighteen Alexander had conquered mainland
Greece, was crowned King of Macedonia at twenty and by twenty-six
he had made himself master of the once mighty Persian Empire. By
the time of his death, aged only thirty-three, in 323BCE he was
ruler of the known world and was being worshipped as a god by the
Greeks, both at Babylon, where he died, and further west, among the
Greek cities of the Asiatic seaboard. The fruit of a lifetime's
scholarship and meticulous research, this is an outstanding
biography of one of the most remarkable rulers in history. 'A
hugely impressive portrait of a towering but enigmatic figure' Saul
David, Sunday Telegraph 'A revealing, often enthralling search . .
. [a] restless, exhilarating book' Observer 'Fascinating . . .
blends all the pleasures of Hollywood epic with those of a subtle
and deeply intriguing detective tale' Tom Holland, author of
Rubicon 'Alexander the Great provides an endless fount both of
amazement and of speculation. This gripping book examines the
legends as well as the life. Most interestingly, it invites the
reader to participate in the difficult task of separating the fact
from the fiction' Norman Davies
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