{"product_id":"alexander-by-dr-edmund-richardson-9781526658142","title":"Alexander","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"book-description\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A thrilling story, wonderfully told by one of the great historians'\u003c\/b\u003e KEN FOLLETT\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Dazzling... This is biography of great brilliance and rare resonance'\u003c\/b\u003e WILLIAM DALRYMPLE\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A pulsating, vivid life of a true historical titan'\u003c\/b\u003e DAN JONES\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A splendid book, lively, erudite... where myth and heroism meet'\u003c\/b\u003e RORY STEWART\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA stunningly written new biography of Alexander the Great, based on a series of important new discoveries and the author’s own translations of source material from twelve ancient languages.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eIn 336 BCE, at the age of twenty, Alexander, a wide-eyed boy \u003cb\u003efrom the hills of Macedon\u003c\/b\u003e, inherited a tumbledown kingdom, a pile of debts and an army which answered to nobody. Desperate to hold on to power, he led the army east, into the heart of \u003cb\u003ethe vast Persian Empire\u003c\/b\u003e, and inadvertently began the greatest military campaign in history. The young man became a king, the king became a hero, the hero became a living god, and the god died aged thirty-two, broken-hearted in Babylon.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, historians have told his story, yet \u003cb\u003eAlexander has remained a mystery\u003c\/b\u003e. But now, the ruins of his cities have emerged from the bottom of the sea and the dust of Central Asian hillsides. The \u003cb\u003ediaries of Babylonian astronomers\u003c\/b\u003e who knew him have been deciphered. The tombs of his ancestors have been unearthed. For the first time, instead of the legend, we can meet Alexander the man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBased on more than a decade of cutting-edge research, \u003ci\u003eAlexander\u003c\/i\u003e allows readers to feel the desert wind and experience the full horror of battle. Richardson’s research has taken him from the catacombs of Egypt to the passes of Afghanistan. \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAlexander\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e is a cinematic work of non-fiction: a revelatory retelling of one of the most famous and elusive stories in history.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Allen \u0026 Unwin Aotearoa New Zealand","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47494936920300,"sku":"9781526658142","price":44.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0705\/7784\/8556\/files\/9781526658142-alexander.jpg?v=1775793391","url":"https:\/\/bookhero.co.nz\/products\/alexander-by-dr-edmund-richardson-9781526658142","provider":"Book Hero","version":"1.0","type":"link"}