Alexander The Great
Discover the best books on Alexander the Great, from strategic military genius to captivating fiction. Explore Mary Renault's The Persian Boy and Partha Sarathi Bose's Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy in this curated reading list.
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The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault
“It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior.”–The Atlantic Monthly The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander’s life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with Alexander after the Macedon army conquered his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes-mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper. After Alexander’s mysterious death, we are left wondering if this Persian boy understood the great warrior and his ambitions better than anyone.
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Alexander the Great's Art of Strategy
by Partha Sarathi Bose
Demonstrates how the military strategies and tactics of Alexander the Great can be applied in a business environment to create a winning philosophy, motivate others, prepare for the unexpected, and establish visionary leadership.
