Alexander the Great - His Life and His Mysterious Death

Zusatztext “Reads as easily as a novel . . . [Anthony] Everitt has a wealth of anecdotes and two millennia of histories to work with, and he delivers and interprets them flawlessly. Nearly unparalleled insight into the period and the man make this a story for everyone.” — Kirkus Reviews (starred review) “Everitt, an expert storyteller, has written a riveting narrative that restores Alexander to his own context—and takes a whack at solving the remaining mysteries. . . . Along the way, he takes us on a spirited passage through the ancient world, from the Balkans to South Asia.” — BookPage “Ancient history expert Everitt attacks the young Macedonian king’s astonishing conquests on three continents—Africa, Asia, and Europe—with relish. . . . This detailed account of the intriguing ancient military genius will fascinate military history readers eager to learn more about Alexander’s motivation and the lifelong fearlessness that propelled him to near-mythic status.” —Publishers Weekly Praise for Anthony Everitt The Rise of Rome “Fascinating history and a great read.” — Chicago Sun-Times “Everitt writes for the informed and the uninformed general reader alike, in a brisk, conversational style, with a modern attitude of skepticism and realism.” — The Dallas Morning News Cicero “An excellent introduction to a critical period in the history of Rome . . . Cicero comes across much as he must have lived.” — The Wall Street Journal  “Riveting . . . a clear-eyed biography [offering] vivid lessons about the viciousness that can pervade elected government.” — Chicago Tribune Augustus “Fascinating and brisk to read . . . All the stuff of adventure is here, from court intrigue to roving armies to shipwreck.” — The Washington Post Book World “A narrative of sustained drama and skillful analysis . . . an accomplished biography.” — The Philadelphia Inquirer Informationen zum Autor Anthony Everitt , a former visiting professor in the visual and performing arts at Nottingham Trent University, who has written extensively on European culture, is the author of Cicero , Augustus , Hadrian and the Triumph of Rome , The Rise of Rome , and The Rise of Athens . He has as well served as secretary general of the Arts Council of Great Britain. Everitt lives near Colchester, England’s first recorded town, founded by the Romans. Klappentext What can we learn from the stunning rise and mysterious death of the ancient world's greatest conqueror? An acclaimed biographer reconstructs the life of Alexander the Great in this magisterial revisionist portrait. "Reads as easily as a novel . . . Nearly unparalleled insight into the period and the man make this a story for everyone."-Kirkus Reviews (starred review) More than two millennia have passed since Alexander the Great built an empire that stretched to every corner of the ancient world, from the backwater kingdom of Macedonia to the Hellenic world, Persia, and ultimately to India-all before his untimely death at age thirty-three. Alexander believed that his empire would stop only when he reached the Pacific Ocean. But stories of both real and legendary events from his life have kept him evergreen in our imaginations with a legacy that has meant something different to every era: in the Middle Ages he became an exemplar of knightly chivalry, he was a star of Renaissance paintings, and by the early twentieth century he'd even come to resemble an English gentleman. But who was he in his own time? In Alexander the Great, Anthony Everitt judges Alexander's life against the criteria of his own age and considers all his contradictions. We meet the Macedonian prince who was naturally inquisiti...

Product details

• Authors: Anthony Everitt
• Publisher: Random House USA
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2019
• EAN: 9780425286524
• ISBN: 978-0-425-28652-4
• No. of pages: 496
• Dimensions: 164 mm x 242 mm x 39 mm
• Series: RANDOM HOUSE
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business