Full name: Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a New Past

Author: Paul Cartledge Year: 2004 Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: History, Biographies, Non Fiction Purchase/reserch links: LibraryThing Goodreads Amazon ISBNs: 9781400079193 1400079195

Paul Cartledge, one of the world's foremost scholars of ancient Greece, illuminates the brief but iconic life of Alexander (356-323 BC), king of Macedon, conqueror of the Persian Empire, and founder of a new world order. Alexander's legacy has had a major impact on military tacticians, scholars, statesmen, adventurers, authors, and filmmakers. Cartledge brilliantly evokes Alexander's remarkable political and military accomplishments, cutting through the myths to show why he was such a great leader. He explores our endless fascination with Alexander and gives us insight into his charismatic leadership, his capacity for brutality, and his sophisticated grasp of international politics. Alexander the Great is an engaging portrait of a fascinating man, and a welcome balance to the myths, legends, and often skewed history that have obscured the real Alexander. Similar books: Alexander the Great by Robin Lane Fox The Nature of Alexander by Mary Renault Alexander of Macedon by Harold Lamb Conquest and Empire by A. B. Bosworth In the Footsteps of Alexander The Great by Michael Wood Dividing the Spoils by Robin Waterfield Attila The Hun by John Man Helen of Troy by Bettany Hughes Thermopylae by Paul Cartledge From Democrats to Kings by Michael Scott Nelson and Emma by Roger Hudson The Generalship of Alexander the Great by J. F. C. Fuller The Rise Of The Greeks by Michael Grant The Classical Greeks by Michael Grant The Spartans by Paul Cartledge The Wright Brothers by David McCullough Empire of the Summer Moon by S. C. Gwynne The Professor and the Madman by Simon Winchester Mobituaries by Mo Rocca The Life of Elizabeth I by Alison Weir