Alexander the Great

Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright

Preface: The King Takes a Holiday

List of Maps

Chapter 1: Goat Kings

Chapter 2: The Apprentice

Chapter 3: “The Bull Is Wreathed”

Chapter 4: The Lone Wolf

Chapter 5: First Blood

Chapter 6: Undoing the Knot

Chapter 7: The Empire Strikes Back

Chapter 8: Immortal Longings

Chapter 9: At the House of the Camel

Chapter 10: “Passing Brave to Be a King”

Chapter 11: Treason!

Chapter 12: War Without End

Chapter 13: A Passage to India

Chapter 14: Show Me the Way to Go Home

Chapter 15: Last Things

Chapter 16: Funeral Games

Photo Insert

Glossary

Time Line

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Background and Sources

Notes

By Anthony Everitt

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