From the award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, the book Alexander the Great explores the multitude of contradictory evidence and myths, focusing on Alexander as a man of his time. Harsh, determined, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and leader with passionate ambition, who understood the intense adventure of conquest and the unknown. When he died in 323 BC at the age of thirty-two, his vast empire covered more than two million square miles, extending from Greece to India. His achievements were unique - he stood out as a leader among his men, founded eighteen new cities, and stamped the face of Greek culture on the ancient East. The myth he created is as powerful today as it was in the ancient world. Combining historical science and acute psychological insight, Alexander the Great brings this colossal figure vividly to life.

“So enjoyable and well-written... Fox’s book became my main guide to the improbable history of Alexander” - Oliver Stone, director of Alexander. “I don’t know which to admire more, his vast erudition or his imagination for such a remote and complex period and such a complex personality” - Cyril Connolly, Sunday Times. “An achievement of Alexandrian dimensions” - New Statesman.

Robin Lane Fox was the chief historical advisor to Oliver Stone on the film Alexander and participated in many of its most dramatic reconstructions. His books include The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome, The Unauthorized Version: Truth and Fiction in the Bible, Travelling Heroes: Greeks and their Myths in the Epic Age of Homer, and Pagan and Christians in the Mediterranean World from the Second Century AD to Constantine’s Conversion.

Pages: 576, Dimensions: 12.9x12.9cm