'In this staggeringly good biography, Edmund Richardson reveals in riveting and sumptuous detail the real Alexander, the man behind the legend…I really cannot overstate how fabulous this book is. I was cancelling plans, racing home to read about Alexander. Richardson is an uncommonly gifted writer, combining historical detail with a genius for narrative structure, making this biography as entertaining as a good thriller

JAMES CAREY-DOUGLAS, DAILY MAIL

Meticulously researched and dazzlingly written, Richardson's Alexander is a triumph of scholarship and storytelling. The text is so lively, the insights so revealing, I felt as if I was reading about Alexander for the first time

TOBY WILKINSON, author of The Last Dynasty: Ancient Egypt from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra

A thrilling story, wonderfully told by one of the great historians

KEN FOLLETT

A compelling account of one of history's greatest figures. Edmund Richardson has made full use of new discoveries in describing the life of Alexander, while conveying the tension and drama that accompanied his achievements and tragedies. Highly readable, enjoyable and authoritative

WILLIAM HAGUE

A pulsating, vivid life of a true historical titan. Alexander loomed over the world he conquered and the imagination of every great ruler who came after him. In this marvellous book, he has found a biographer with the scholarly insight and narrative verve to bring him thundering onto the page

DAN JONES, bestselling author of Henry V

A splendid book, lively, erudite, steeped in the vast non-European world which Alexander encountered. A book where myth and heroism meet

RORY STEWART