Christine Pace Pace itibaren 8274 Села-при-Ракі, Словенія
I love it but found its end very dissappointing.
What can one say about Alexander, other than, well, he was pretty great wasn't he? Arrian was an Antonine Roman with very Greek attachments and he cobbled this fascinating account of Alexander's campaigns from a variety of contemporary and latter-day sources. The translation is sharp and the action thick and a few day in these beautiful pages will get one reaching for spear and shield and lusty eastern princess. In the end one weeps, for there are no more pages to conquer.