Mary Renault

The Nature of Alexander the Great

Penguin Books, 2001, reprint, ISBN: 014139076x

Description and condition:

Softcover, 8vo, 240 pp., index, b/w illustrations.
Very good or better, looks unread.

Contents:

'In this hard-hitting work, Mary Renault, who spent years studying the Hellenistic world, peels of the layers of wishful thinking to reveal the real Alexander beneath. Re-examining the crucial episodes in his life: the murder of this father, Philip, in which he was implicate, the sacking of Thebes and his dying wishes, this enjoyable and wonderfully illustrated study places him in the rightful context of his times.'