num_pages: 455
description: The author traveled hundreds of miles on foot &amp; horseback up into the forbidding mountains of Iran &amp; Afghanistan Turkey &amp; Pakistan retracing Alexander's march. In his 20s both tactitian &amp; intellectual Alexander struck out on an adventure from Greece leading 50000 men. It would span 10 years &amp; 11000 miles on foot &amp; horseback beginning in 336 BC. At its end he was by conquest king of the Greeks pharoah of Egypt ruler of Persia master of the known world. By age 32 he would be dead. A comprehensive &amp; wonderfully illustrated &amp; documented biography of Alexander the Great published to coincide with a national television special &amp; a major international art exhibition held at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC &amp; museums in Chicago Boston &amp; San Francisco. Published in conjunction with a television series &amp; an art exhibition this is a comprehensive biography of Alexander focusing on what is actually known beautifully illustrated with over 220 photographs throughout.
language: English
title: The Search for Alexander
publisher: Little Brown & Company (Boston/Toronto)