Vorwort
Everybody has heard of Alexander the Great - but few really know his story. His life is the most extraordinary story of military adventure ever told. The epic new standalone from one of Britain's best-loved historical fiction authors.

Autorentext

Harry Sidebottom teaches Ancient History at Oxford University. His career as a novelist began with his Warrior of Rome series, which has sold over half a million copies. His next series, Throne of Caesars, was equally acclaimed. The Last Hour and The Burning Road introduced us once again to Marcus Clodius Ballista, hero of the Warrior of Rome books. The Shadow King is his fifteenth novel, and his first set in Ancient Greece.

Klappentext

Alexander the Great is just twenty-one years old when he sets out with a small army to challenge Persia, the largest and most powerful empire in the world. Prince of the Macedonian royal house of Lyncestis, he becomes Alexander the Great's general and most trusted friend.