After the success of the book "The Spartans," Paul Cartledge stuns with a book about the ultimate hero of the classical world: Alexander. His fame has lasted for over two millennia and encompasses both Eastern and Western cultures. A warrior king who reshaped the world, Alexander resonates in legends to this day and ignites the imagination of writers, adventurers, filmmakers, world leaders, and ordinary people alike.
But who was Alexander? God? Mortal? Hero? Tyrant? Megalomaniac? Patricide? Conqueror of the world? In his original biographical study, Paul Cartledge offers an authoritative, captivating, and vivid description of Alexander's extraordinary life, his astonishing achievements, and his multifaceted legacy, and explores his complex personality in the quest for a new image of the greatest military leader in history.