The author follows Alexander the Great's 22,000 mile expedition from Greece to India, recreating the epic marches and battles.

Alexander the Great conquered territories on a superhuman scale and established an empire that stretched from Greece to India.

Mystery surrounds the parentage of Alexander, the prince born to Queen Olympias.

The story of Alexander the Great is one of ambition, conquest, and glory.

Rather than compartmentalizing Greek history and civilization into a number of thematic studies, the book focuses on important developments, placing them within their political, economic, cultural, and intellectual contexts, and examining ...

Reissued to coincide with the release of Oliver Stone's epic movie on Alexander the Great (slated for fall 2004) and the Summer Olympics in Greece, Lewis Cummings's comprehensive and readable biography of Alexander the Great gives us the ...