At eighteen Alexander had conquered mainland Greece, was crowned King of Macedonia at twenty and by twenty-six he had made himself master of the once mighty Persian Empire. By the time of his death, aged only thirty-three, in 323BCE he was ruler of the known world and was being worshipped as a god by the Greeks, both at Babylon, where he died, and further west, among the Greek cities of the Asiatic seaboard. The fruit of a lifetime's scholarship and meticulous research, this is an outstanding biography of one of the most remarkable rulers in history. 'A hugely impressive portrait of a towering but enigmatic figure' Saul David, Sunday Telegraph 'A revealing, often enthralling search ...[a] restless, exhilarating book' Observer 'Fascinating...blends all the pleasures of Hollywood epic with those of a subtle and deeply intriguing detective tale' Tom Holland, author of Rubicon 'Alexander the Great provides an endless fount both of amazement and of speculation. This gripping book examines the legends as well as the life. Most interestingly, it invites the reader to participate in the difficult task of separating the fact from the fiction' Norman Davies

保羅·卡特利奇

著名古典學傢。曾就讀於牛津大學，並獲得牛津大學博士學位。自1979年起執教於劍橋大學，是該校古典文學院(希臘曆史專業的教授，同時在劍橋大學卡萊爾學院擔任教職。著述等身，近期的著作包括：《插圖本劍橋古希臘史》；《希臘人：文明的熔爐》；《斯巴達和拉科尼亞：從公元前1300至前362年的區域史》；《希臘人：自我與他者的肖像；《斯巴達人：一部英雄的史詩》；《亞曆山大大帝：尋找新的曆史》；《溫泉關：改變世界的戰役》。曾主編兩套叢書並兼任三種學術刊物的編輯；達剋沃斯齣版社的古代曆史顧問。倫敦古物專傢學會會員。曾榮獲希臘共和國頒發的“金十字”榮譽勛章。2004年，他被斯巴達授予榮譽市民稱號，以錶彰他在斯巴達曆史研究領域中所作齣的傑齣貢獻。