The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great
by Steven Pressfield
Category: Fiction

A historical novel chronicling the life of Alexander the Great follows the powerful leader from his rise to the throne of Macedon at the age of twenty, his conquest of much of the known world, including the mighty Persian Empire, before the age of twenty-five, to his early death at the age of thirty-three, offering a multifaceted portrait of a complex man. Reprint. 35,000 first printing.