Conqueror and Hero: The Search for Alexander Summary
Stephen Krensky

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Conqueror and Hero: The Search for Alexander Summary

After twenty-three hundred years, interest in the brilliant and enigmatic Alexander continues unabated. At least seven biographies have been published in the 1980s, four of which are written for young people. Civilizations as far back as the Roman Republic have admired Alexander as a hero, for he was an unexcelled general who conquered most of the known world before he was thirty years old. The account of his conquests makes a fascinating adventure...

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