Alexander
of Macedon 356-323 B. C.: A Historical Biography by Peter Green
There's no shortage of biographies available on Alexander the Great,
but Peter Green's Alexander of Macedon is one of the finest. The prose
is crisp and clear, and within a few pages readers become absorbed in the
world that made Alexander, and then the story of how Alexander remade it.
Green writes, "Alexander's true genius was as a field-commander: perhaps,
taken all in all, the most incomparable general the world has ever seen.
His gift for speed, improvisation, variety of strategy; his cool-headedness
in a crisis; his ability to extract himself from the most impossible situations;
his mastery of terrain; his psychological ability to penetrate the enemy's
intentions--all these qualities place him at the very head of the Great
Captains of history." Amazon.com Paperback from University of California Press
Book Published: September, 1992
Alexander
the Great in Fact and Fiction by A. B. Bosworth and E. J. Baynham (Editors)
Ten contributions by leading scholars in the field of Alexander studies
which represent the most advanced scholarship in this area.
Alexander
the Great: Son of the Gods by Alan Fildes and Joann Fletcher
Book Description Famous for more than two millennia for the
amazing deeds that he accomplished in his short life of thirty-two years,
King Alexander III of Macedon is the most celebrated figure of classical
antiquity. Alexander the Great: Son of the Gods presents, in a year-by-year
chronicle, an intimate and fascinating portrait of the man who, in less
than two decades, created the greatest empire the world had ever seen and
acquired a semi-mythic status that persists today. Among the topics covered
are Alexander's family life, including his stormy relationship with his
father, King Philip, and the influence of his mother, Queen Olympias; his
brilliant leadership, outwitting opponents and inspiring his devoted troops;
and his daily life on the march and off duty, whether sharing the hardships
of his men or indulging in the renowned bouts of feasting that may have
contributed to his early death. Generously illustrated with ancient art
from museums around the world, this is an engrossing, accessible biography
of a legendary man.
Hardcover from Getty Trust Pubn
Book Published: September, 2002
Alexander
the Great by Robin Lane Fox
Paperback: 568 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.96 x
7.72 x 5.06
Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper); ; Reissue edition (September
1994)
ISBN: 0140088784
Alexander
the Great and the Mystery of the Elephant Medallions by Frank L. Holt
Book Description: To all those who witnessed his extraordinary conquests,
from Albania to India, Alexander the Great appeared invincible. How Alexander
himself promoted this appearance--how he abetted the belief that he enjoyed
divine favor and commanded even the forces of nature against his enemies--is
the subject of Frank L. Holt's absorbing book.
Solid evidence for the "supernaturalized" Alexander lies in a rare series
of medallions that depict the triumphant young king at war against the
elephants, archers, and chariots of Rajah Porus of India at the Battle
of the Hydaspes River. Recovered from Afghanistan and Iraq in sensational
and sometimes perilous circumstances, these ancient artifacts have long
animated the modern historical debate about Alexander. Holt's book, the
first devoted to the mystery of these ancient medallions, takes us into
the history of their discovery and interpretation, into the knowable facts
of their manufacture and meaning, and, ultimately, into the king's own
psyche and his frightening theology of war. The result is a valuable analysis
of Alexander history and myth, a vivid account of numismatics, and a spellbinding
look into the age-old mechanics of megalomania.
Hardcover from University of California Press
Book Published: November, 2003
Conquest
and Empire by A. B. Bosworth
Book Description This book is an exploration of the process
and consequences of the campaigns of Alexander the Great of Macedon (who
reigned from 336 to 323 BC), focusing on the effect of his monarchy upon
the world of his day. A detailed running narrative of the actual campaigns
from the Danube to the Indus is complemented and enlarged upon by thematic
studies on the reaction in Greece to Macedonian suzerainty, the administration
of the empire, the evolution of the Macedonian army and its role as the
instrument of conquest, and on the origins of the ruler cult.
Paperback: 281 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.98 x
8.47 x 5.30
Publisher: Cambridge Univ Pr (Trd); ; Reissue edition
(April 1993)
ISBN: 052140679X
Fire
from Heaven by Mary Renault
Historical Fiction
Paperback from Vintage
Book Published: 11 June, 2002
The
History of Alexander by Quintus Curtius Rufus, John Yardley, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Waldemar
Heckel
Paperback from Penguin USA (Paper)
Book Published: November, 1984
In
the Absence of Alexander: Harpalus and the Failure of of Macedonian Authority by Christopher Blackwell
Book Description: When Alexander the Great's treasurer fled to Athens in 324 BC, three
separate Macedonian embassies failed to secure his return. Blackwell's
explanation of this event traces the history of Macedonian rule in Greece
from 335 BC until the death of Alexander. This study probes political realities
behind titles and treaties, and complex interactions among individuals,
states, and institutions. In the Absence of Alexander describes a "Macedonian
Hegemony" that held power without commanding authority, an empire that
could not have hoped to survive the death of its king.
