I loved this book! I read Philip and Alexander, first on kindle after I’d first encountered Philip Freeman’s very charitable Alexander read, and Paul Cartledge’s more reluctant, yet stringent treatment, in that order (third). Ultimately, I’ve decided to take on the landmark Arrian, (pulling in Diodorus, Curtis, Justin, and Plutarch where necessary, yet I still find myself returning to Goldsworthy’s meticulous and exacting description, when I’m confused. If anyone can get to the bottom of things, it’s Mr. Goldsworthy, and how he brings the material to life is downright inspiring! (P.S. His biographies about Caesar and Augustus are pure excellence. Neither overly charitable, nor speculative, he provides a description of the events that do not laud the figures themselves so much as inspire wonder and curiosity for the times in which they lived.)
Awesome. Are you a historian or history student by chance? I’m an amateur but trying to expand my reading of history and this is one of my favorite periods (also looking to get Landmark Arrian’s Anabasis next). I’ve been trying to read more primary sources bc especially in antiquity so much of what we have boils down to a very limited number of sources but then it seems like you need a historian’s training to be able to parse through them. Cheers
This is the book that introduced me to you, a master historian! Alexander the Great always intrigued me and I'd been wanting to read a biography on him for a while, and by chance this book had just released. This book is a delight to read, enlightening who Alexander was and his lesser known dad, Philip. Amazing scholarly work.
This is a very impressive book by any standards, but especially keeping in mind that Mr. Goldsworthy is first and foremost historian of ancient Rome. As always, he presents a readable and objective account that provides excellent context for the reader. Mr. Goldsworthy is a first rate historian - all facts and analysis without ideology.
It was an excellent read I’ve always been interested in Alexander the Great. However, I never even considered the kingdom he inherited from his father. Who was at one point just like Alexander the young man appointed as king and he had a lot of work to do and he did it.
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I loved this book! I read Philip and Alexander, first on kindle after I’d first encountered Philip Freeman’s very charitable Alexander read, and Paul Cartledge’s more reluctant, yet stringent treatment, in that order (third). Ultimately, I’ve decided to take on the landmark Arrian, (pulling in Diodorus, Curtis, Justin, and Plutarch where necessary, yet I still find myself returning to Goldsworthy’s meticulous and exacting description, when I’m confused. If anyone can get to the bottom of things, it’s Mr. Goldsworthy, and how he brings the material to life is downright inspiring! (P.S. His biographies about Caesar and Augustus are pure excellence. Neither overly charitable, nor speculative, he provides a description of the events that do not laud the figures themselves so much as inspire wonder and curiosity for the times in which they lived.)
Awesome. Are you a historian or history student by chance? I’m an amateur but trying to expand my reading of history and this is one of my favorite periods (also looking to get Landmark Arrian’s Anabasis next). I’ve been trying to read more primary sources bc especially in antiquity so much of what we have boils down to a very limited number of sources but then it seems like you need a historian’s training to be able to parse through them. Cheers
This book was exceptionally informative and enjoyable to read. The back story re Philip was illuminating in terms of his achievements and legacy.
This was an awesome book, especially the parts about Philip which aren't quite as known.
This is the book that introduced me to you, a master historian! Alexander the Great always intrigued me and I'd been wanting to read a biography on him for a while, and by chance this book had just released. This book is a delight to read, enlightening who Alexander was and his lesser known dad, Philip. Amazing scholarly work.
This is a very impressive book by any standards, but especially keeping in mind that Mr. Goldsworthy is first and foremost historian of ancient Rome. As always, he presents a readable and objective account that provides excellent context for the reader.
Mr. Goldsworthy is a first rate historian - all facts and analysis without ideology.
Reading your book right now. Almost in Chaeronea. Great work as always.
This sounds really good!
It was an excellent read I’ve always been interested in Alexander the Great. However, I never even considered the kingdom he inherited from his father. Who was at one point just like Alexander the young man appointed as king and he had a lot of work to do and he did it.
Can you oversell the achievements of Alexander 😉 only Genghis Khan came close 😅