When Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-two, his empire stretched from the Adriatic Sea in the west all the way to modern-day India in the east. In an unusual compromise, his two heirs--a mentally damaged half brother, Philip III, and an infant son, Alexander IV, born after his death--wer[...]
From acclaimed classical historian and author of "Ghost on the Throne" ("Gripping...the narrative verve of a born writer and the erudition of a scholar"-Daniel Mendelsohn) and "The Landmark Arrian" ("Thrilling"-"The New York Times Book Review")-a work of history on the grand scale: a high stakes dra[...]