Alexander the Great: The Invisible Enemy: A Biography - Paperback

by John Maxwell O'Brien (Author)

O'Brien has combined faultless scholarship with poetic vision to penetrate the events of Alexander's extraordinary life and reveal the tragic pattern obscured by these tumultous events. This is not only biography; it is art.' F Salvidio

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This carefully balanced and beautifully written biography reveals the role of alcohol in Alexander's life, using Dionysus as a symbol of its destructive effects on his psyche.

Author Biography

John Maxwell O'Brien is Professor of History at Queens College of the City University of New York.