num_pages: 256
description: In 5/323 BCE Alexander of Macedonia fell ill in Babylon. Within ten days he was dead. A military genius who raged thru the Persian empire, Alexander believed he was the son of God, with a desire for everlasting glory &amp; an urge to march &amp; conquer the world. The Death of Alexander the Great critically analyzes this extraordinary conqueror who achieved so much before he died at the age of 33. Alexander was a man who wanted to be a God, a Greek who wanted to be a Persian, a defender of liberties who spent most of his life taking away the liberties of others, &amp; a king who could be compassionate to the lowliest yet ruthlessly wipe out an ancient city like Tyre &amp; crucify 3000 of its defenders. Doherty scrutinizes the circumstances surrounding Alexander's death as he lay sweating beside a swimming pool in the summer palace of the Persian kings. Did Alexander die of alcoholism, a hideous bout of malaria or were other factors involved? Alexander had been warned not to enter Babylon, so he surrounded himself with outstanding captains of war. This book is a dramatic reassessment of the leader's mysterious final days.
language: English
title: The Death of Alexander the Great: What-or Who-Really Killed the Young Conqueror of the Known World?
titlecomplete: The Death of Alexander the Great: What-or Who-Really Killed the Young Conqueror of the Known World?
genres: Greece, Biography, Historical Mystery, Nonfiction, History
ratings_count: 82
publisher: Carroll & Graf Publishers (NYC)