Summary
"What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world's greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial portrait. More than two millennia have passed, but Alexander the Great is still a household name. His lif... Full description
- Alexander takes a holiday
- Goat kings
- The young apprentice
- 'The bull is wreathed'
- The lone wolf
- First blood
- Undoing the knot
- The empire strikes back
- Immortal longings
- At the house of the camel
- 'Passing brave to be a king'
- Treason!
- War without end
- A passage to India
- Show me the way to go home
- Last things
- Funeral games.