“Alexander's mere name and the fame of his feats raised rulers and realms across virtually the whole world. And those who kept control of even the slightest slice of his huge heritage were reckoned most renowned.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“As a reviewer once told me, the story of Alexander’s tomb without a body is like Hamlet without the Prince…. The rest is silence.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Alexander's mere name and the fame of his feats raised rulers and realms across virtually the whole world. And those who kept control of… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Alexander (grinning): When Darius was scorching the earth, devastating villages and spoiling provisions, it drove me round the bend, but now indeed what have… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Alexander emerges as an almost Hamlet-like figure, more sinned against than sinning. In a sense Alexander, too, was haunted and motivated by his father’s… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Alexander was no longer so much the master of his lust, having been fawned upon by Fortune, whom mortal men too little distrust.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“A pure breed of steed is steered sheerly by the shadow of the lash, but even the spur cannot stir a mount of trash.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Nothing is more disreputable than wasting a reputation where it cannot be flaunted, for fame fades fast in fighting filthy foes.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“Alexander (at the trial of Philotas): How much happier to have fallen in the fighting, felled by a foe, rather than die by a… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“To understand Alexander well, it is necessary to follow his heart more closely than his policies, so I investigate the king's character through the… — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
“An empire that could have stood sound under a single sovereign was wrecked through being run by sundry rulers.” — Andrew Chugg Copy Share Image
