{"product_id":"alexander-god-king-man-trade-paperback","title":"Alexander: God, King, Man (Trade Paperback)","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePRE-ORDER NOW! The estimated release date is 26 August 2026. Please note your complete order will only ship once the Pre-Order item becomes available.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA stunningly written new biography of Alexander the Great, based on a series of important new discoveries and the author's own translations of source material from twelve ancient languages.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 336 BCE, at the age of twenty, Alexander, a wide-eyed boy \u003cstrong\u003efrom the hills of Macedon,\u003c\/strong\u003e inherited a tumbledown kingdom, a pile of debts and an army which answered to nobody. Desperate to hold on to power, he led the army east, into the heart of \u003cstrong\u003ethe vast Persian Empire,\u003c\/strong\u003e and inadvertently 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFor centuries, historians have told his story, yet \u003cstrong\u003eAlexander has remained a mystery\u003c\/strong\u003e. But now, the ruins of his cities have emerged from the bottom of the sea and the dust of Central Asian hillsides. The \u003cstrong\u003ediaries of Babylonian astronomers\u003c\/strong\u003e who knew him have been deciphered. The tombs of his ancestors have been unearthed. For the first time, instead of the legend, we can meet Alexander the man.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBased on more than a decade of cutting-edge research, Alexander allows readers to feel the desert wind and experience the full horror of battle. Richardson's research has taken him from the catacombs of Egypt to the passes of Afghanistan. \u003cstrong\u003eAlexander is a cinematic work of non-fiction: a revelatory retelling of one of the most famous and elusive stories in history.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Edmund Richardson","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47622161236146,"sku":"9781526658142","price":590.0,"currency_code":"ZAR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0562\/9191\/8002\/files\/9781526658142.jpg?v=1783086423","url":"https:\/\/www.wordsworth.co.za\/products\/alexander-god-king-man-trade-paperback","provider":"Wordsworth Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}