Two thousand years ago, a young king from Macedonia set out with an army of forty thousand men to conquer the world. In just over a decade, Alexander the Great toppled the Persian Empire, founded over seventy cities, and marched his soldiers across deserts and mountains to the edge of the known world. Arrian, himself a Greek under Roman rule, wrote the most reliable ancient account of these astonishing events. This new Modern Wisdom Library edition presents Arrian's history in clear, flowing modern English—without modernizing the facts or glossing over the brutality and complexity of empire. You will follow Alexander from his first battle at the Granicus River through the siege of Tyre, the victory at Gaugamela, the hunt for the fugitive Darius, and the harrowing advance into India. Whether you are a student of strategy, a lover of history, or simply curious about a man who reshaped the ancient world, this book offers a direct encounter with the original narrative—unvarnished and alive. Part of The Modern Wisdom Library.
