Robin Lane Fox Alexander the Great Paperback Book

From awardwinning historian Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time. Tough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged thirtytwo, his vast empire comprised more than two million square miles, spanning from Greece to India. His achievements were unparalleled he had excelled as leader to his men, founded eighteen new cities and stamped the face of Greek culture on the ancient East. The myth he created is as potent today as it was in the ancient world. Combining historical scholarship and acute psychological insight, Alexander the Great brings this colossal figure vividly to life. So enjoyable and wellwritten ... Foxs book became my main guide through Alexanders amazing storyOliver Stone, director of Alexander I do not know which to admire most, his vast erudition or his imaginative grasp of so remote and complicated a period and such a complex personalityCyril Connolly, Sunday Times An achievement of Alexandrian proportionsNew Statesman Robin Lane Fox was the main historical advisor to Oliver Stone on his film Alexander, and took part in many of its most dramatic reenactments. His books include The Classical World An Epic History of Greece and Rome, The Unauthorised Version Truth and Fiction in the Bible, Travelling Heroes Greeks and... | Robin Lane Fox Alexander the Great Paperback Book