Philip and Alexander

Kings and Conquerors

Adrian Goldsworthy (Author)

Philip and Alexander

Kings and Conquerors

Adrian Goldsworthy (Author)

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'A thrilling read' Tom Holland
'History-writing at its best' Barry Strauss

By the end of his short life, Alexander the Great had redrawn the map of the ancient world to create an empire that stretched from the Adriatic Sea to the Indian subcontinent. But his success was not just the product of his own genius and restless energy, it was built on decades of effort by his father.

History has portrayed Philip II of Macedon as a one-eyed old man whose assassination allowed Alexander to accede to power. But there was far more to him than this. Through decades of hard fighting and clever diplomacy, Philip unified his country and conquered Greece. His son inherited all of this at the perfect moment for him to win yet greater glory.

The work of a master historian, Philip and Alexander describes how Philip and Alexander of Macedon transformed a weak kingdom in northern Greece into a globe-spanning empire and – in so doing – changed the course of history.

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Published	03 Sep 2020
Format	Ebook (Epub & Mobi)
Edition	1st
Pages	672
ISBN	9781784978693
Imprint	Apollo
Illustrations	2 x 8pp clr
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing

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Adrian Goldsworthy

Adrian Goldsworthy's doctoral thesis formed the ba…

As successful in meeting its ambitions as Philip's kingship, as sweeping as Alexander's conquests

Tom Holland
Belongs on the (sturdy) shelf of any reader interested in military, political, or social history

Minerva Magazine
By pairing the two giants of Macedonia, Goldsworthy helps the reader understand Alexander's life all the better, and sheds light on the achievements and character of Philip

Aspects of History
Sterling scholarship, engaging prose, insightful analysis, and unbiased assessment

Victor Davis Hanson
A gripping history that combined deep scholarship with readability... This is an epic history. Very much in the vein of the Tom Holland histories of empire, enjoyable and informative but also gripping'

NB Magazine
Contributes significantly to making these scholarly developments accessible to a very wide audience, through engaging narratives which capture the political complexity of the Greek world both before and after Alexander. The major innovation of Goldsworthy's vivid Philip and Alexander is to pair Alexander's biography with that of his father, Philip II

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