{"product_id":"alexander-the-great-9780141020761b","title":"Alexander the Great","description":"\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003eFrom award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAlexander the Great\u003c\/span\u003e searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to focus on Alexander as a man of his own time.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCombining historical scholarship and acute psychological insight, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eAlexander the Great\u003c\/span\u003e brings this colossal figure vividly to life.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e'So enjoyable and well-written ... Fox's book became my main guide through Alexander's amazing story' Oliver Stone, director of Alexander\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\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' Cyril Connolly, \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'An achievement of Alexandrian proportions' \u003cspan style=\"font-style: italic;\"\u003eNew Statesman\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e","brand":"Penguin Books","offers":[{"title":"Bargain","offer_id":42886688243792,"sku":"9780141020761B","price":7.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0592\/8173\/5760\/files\/9780141020761-l.jpg?v=1788207408","url":"https:\/\/bookoutlet.com\/fr\/products\/alexander-the-great-9780141020761b","provider":"Book Outlet","version":"1.0","type":"link"}