The Nature of Alexander

An “intriguing and invaluable” biography of Alexander the Great by the novelist whose fiction redefined Ancient Greece ( The New York Times ). Acclaimed writer Mary Renault is widely known for her provocative historical novels of Alexander the Great and his lovers. But she also authored this nonfiction classic, a fresh, illuminating look at a man whose legend has remained larger than life for more than two thousand years. From his dysfunctional family dynamics to his molding under Aristotle, fro