In May 323 BC Alexander the Great fell ill in Babylon, and ten days later the 33-year-old was dead. Against the background of Alexander's extraordinary career, which had taken him from Macedonia to the edge of the then known world, the question is explored whether the conqueror may not have died of malaria after all, but rather been the victim of an internal conspiracy. Alexander's increasingly despotic demeanour and the estrangement between him, his old friends and his veteran and proven army commanders is examined in the light of this question.
Group
Books
State
Second Hand
Author
Doherty, P.
Title
Alexander the Great. The Death of a God. What - or Who - Really Killed the Young Conquerer of the Known World?
Details
English text. London: Constable & Robinson Ltd. 2004. 236 pp.
