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Alexander the Great
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The Afghan Campaign, A Novel  •  Steven Pressfield   • LITERATURE  •  Pressfield brings history to life in this surprisingly topical novel, told from the point of view of a soldier in Alexander the Great's army. The undefeated western army meets with threats of insurgency as they invade Central Asia. (CAS132, $14.00)
 
 
Alexander of Macedon, 356-323 B.C.  •  Peter Green   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An outstanding biography of the complex ruler. Green captures all the adventure, romance and brutish violence of the man and his times with historical accuracy, including vivid char-acter sketches of Darius, Aristotle and other famous personalities. (GRE56, $22.95)
 
 
Alexander the Great  •  Robin Lane Fox   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A popular biography of Alexander the Great, noteworthy for its scholarship, great descriptions and psychological insight. (GRE17, $16.00)
 
 
Fire From Heaven  •  Mary Renault   • LITERATURE  •  The first installment of Renault's trilogy of historical novels on the life of Alexander the Great, displaying the author's extensive background in ancient history. This volume focuses on Alexander's life up to the age of 20, when he assumed the kingship on his father Phillip's assassination. (GRE122, $14.95)
 
 
In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great  •  Michael Wood   • HISTORY  •  An illustrated account of Alexander's ten-year conquest of 4th-century cities from Macedonia to Egypt, Persia, Central Asia and India. (MED23, $21.95)
 
 
The Persian Boy  •  Mary Renault   • LITERATURE • YOUNG ADULTS  •  The second of Renault's trilogy on the life and loves of Alexander the Great, this exhaustively researched historical novel focuses on Bagoas, the Persian slave boy who became the servant and lover of the king. (GRE74, $14.95)
 
 
The Virtues of War, A Novel of Alexander the Great  •  Steven Pressfield   • LITERATURE  •  A first-person historical novel told from the perspective of Alexander the Great. (GRE209, $24.95)
 
 
 




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