Month: November 2026

The book traces Alexander’s life from 336BC, when at 20 he took charge of a near-bankrupt kingdom and a barely controllable army, through his conquest of the Persian empire, to his death in Babylon aged 32. Richardson drew on more than a decade of research across four continents, and translated sources from 12 ancient languages himself. He also folds in recent archaeological finds, including newly decoded records kept by Babylonian astronomers of Alexander’s time. Read more