Lot 08316

Paul Doherty. Alexander the Great. The Death of a God. What -or Who – Really Killed the Young Conqueror of the Known World?, Constable, London, 2004.

Small 4to, [i-vi]+vii-xix+[1]+1-236. Original clothed hard cover, with its dusk-jacket. In an excellent condition. Original guilted clothed hard cover, with its dusk-jacket. In an excellent condition.

The book analyses this outstanding figure who achieved so much before his premature end. He was an enigma, a man who wanted to be a god, a Greek who wanted to be Persian, a defender of liberties who spent most of his life taking away the liberties of others, and a king who could be compassionate yet ruthlessly wipe out an ancient city like Tyre and crucify 3,000 of its defenders along the seashore. The Death of Alexander also scrutinizes the circumstances surrounding the young kings death in the summer palace of the Persian kings.