The Search for Alexander

The author traveled hundreds of miles on foot & horseback up into the forbidding mountains of Iran & Afghanistan, Turkey & Pakistan, retracing Alexander's march. In his 20s, both tactitian & intellectual, Alexander struck out on an adventure from Greece, leading 50,000 men. It would span 10 years & 11,000 miles on foot & horseback, beginning in 336 BC. At its end, he was by conquest king of the Greeks, pharoah of Egypt, ruler of Persia, master of the known world. By age 32, he would be dead. A comprehensive & wonderfully illustrated & documented biography of Alexander the Great, published to coincide with a national television special & a major international art exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC & museums in Chicago, Boston & San Francisco. Published in conjunction with a television series & an art exhibition, this is a comprehensive biography of Alexander, focusing on what is actually known, beautifully illustrated with over 220 photographs throughout.