{"product_id":"alexander-the-great-robin-lane-fox","title":"Alexander The Great - Robin Lane Fox","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTough, resolute, fearless, Alexander was a born warrior and ruler of passionate ambition who understood the intense adventure of conquest and of the unknown. When he died in 323 BC aged thirty-two, his vast empire comprised more than two million square miles, spanning from Greece to India.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHis achievements were unparalleled - he had excelled as leader to his men, founded eighteen new cities and stamped the face of Greek culture on the ancient East. The myth he created is as potent today as it was in the ancient world.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCombining historical scholarship and acute psychological insight, Alexander the Great brings this colossal figure vividly to life.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'So enjoyable and well-written ... Fox's book became my main guide through Alexander's amazing story'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eOliver Stone, director of Alexander\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'I do not know which to admire most, his vast erudition or his imaginative grasp of so remote and complicated a period and such a complex personality'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eCyril Connolly, Sunday Times\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'An achievement of Alexandrian proportions'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable id=\"product-attribute-specs-table\"\u003e\n\u003ctbody\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePages\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Pages\"\u003e576\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePublication Date\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publication Date\"\u003e2004\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003ePublisher\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Publisher\"\u003ePenguin Books Ltd\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eISBN\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"ISBN\"\u003e9780141020761\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eBinding\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Binding\"\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003ctr\u003e\n\u003cth scope=\"row\"\u003eAuthor\u003c\/th\u003e\n\u003ctd data-th=\"Author\"\u003eRobin Lane Fox\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Diavazo Greek Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40296334983357,"sku":"alexander the great lane fox","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0580\/7574\/2397\/products\/alexander-the-great-robin-lane-fox-8729063.jpg?v=1765465102","url":"https:\/\/checkout.diavazo.co.uk\/products\/alexander-the-great-robin-lane-fox","provider":"Diavazo Greek Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}