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A joint biography that investigates how, during their lifetimes, Philip and Alexander transformed Macedon from a weak kingdom into a globe-spanning empire.

During his short life Alexander the Great carved out an empire stretching from the Balkans to Central India, re-drawing the map of the ancient world. Yet Alexander represents only half of the story, for his success was not just the product of his own genius, restless energy and ambition, but was built on decades of effort by his father. History has portrayed Philip II of Macedon as an old man, one-eyed and limping, whose convenient assassination allowed Alexander the Great to come to power. But there was far more to him than this. Through decades of hard fighting, clever diplomacy and sheer determination, Philip unified his country and conquered Greece.

As authoritative as it is accessible, Philip and Alexander is the latest in a much-praised sequence of essential histories of the ancient world from a master historian.

©2020 Adrian Goldsworthy (P)2020 W F Howes Ancient Historical Military Ancient History Ancient Greece Biography
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I found it very interesting for amount of knowledge regarding Philip of Macedonian.
He made the point that without Philip and his reshaping the army Alexander would not have been titled the great.

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Really enjoyed this deep dive into both Peter and Alexander, gives a much better picture of both having the story of both included in one book.

Must listen!

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Great history, great story telling. The narrative was balanced and gave lots of context and detail. It's very accessible.

Absolutely fantastic

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Very detailed and exhaustive account of the life of Alexander. As this is an academic approach it can be a bit dry at times

A very detailed account

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Very well written with an emphasis on Philip (... and the Macedonian culture in general) as laying the ground for Alexander's subsequent 'greatness'.

Like father, like son...

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