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The enigma of Alexander the fantastic has remained with us for 2,300 years. Regardless of the best efforts of historians, Alexander is no less a mystery to us now than he probably was during his own lifetime. There was no-one like him before or since. In the pages of Harold Lamb's intriguing Alexander of Macedon, we find some of the answers to the great riddle of his character. Lamb, author of the magnificent Hannibal: One Man Against Rome, has once again pushed the envelope of historical writing to provide us a glimpse of what Alexander might genuinely have been like. Using as his principle source material the Anabasis of Alexander by Arrian, Lamb has cobbled together not only a straightforward retelling of the exciting adventures of the Macedonian, but he has also deftly reconstructed those hidden events which history is silent. The effect is a remarkable portrait of a man thrust in to the leadership of the semi-barbarous Greek people. This is the story of this whirlwind of physical and mental energy which was to explode across the surface of the known world. In the long run, it was the civilization of the East which captured Alexander. His untimely death only dozen years after his accession to power robbed mankind of one of the most compelling visionaries who ever lived.
