Alexander: God, King, Man by Dr Edmund Richardson

Alexander: God, King, Man by Edmund Richardson — a stunning new biography of Alexander the Great, based on a decade of research and fresh discoveries that allow us to meet the man behind the legend.

In 336 BCE, at the age of twenty, a wide-eyed boy from the hills of Macedon inherited a shaky kingdom, a mountain of debts and an army that answered to no one. Desperate to hold power, Alexander led his forces east into the heart of the vast Persian Empire — and began the greatest military campaign in history.

The young man became a king. The king became a hero. The hero became a living god. And the god died aged thirty-two, broken-hearted in Babylon.

For centuries Alexander has remained a mystery, endlessly retold yet never fully known. Now, remarkable new evidence — submerged cities emerging from the sea, newly deciphered Babylonian diaries, and the tombs of his ancestors — makes it possible to tell a different story. Drawing on sources in twelve ancient languages and cutting-edge research across four continents, Edmund Richardson offers an intimate, cinematic portrait of the man who reshaped the world.

Vivid, exhilarating and unvarnished, Alexander: God, King, Man lets readers feel the desert wind, the horror of battle and the human cost of becoming a legend. This is biography of rare brilliance and resonance — the life of history’s greatest military mind, told as never before.