Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire, (Paperback)

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This is the "rest of the story" after Alexander's wholly unsatisfying end to an otherwise amazing life. Romm writes in the tradition of Edward Gibbon assigning motivation to fill in the empty places with a large cast of characters who die in one fantastically gruesome backstabbing way or another....

from Shrike58

In this examination of the first round of conflict in the wake of the death of Alexander the Great, the real thrust of this book is not so much the rise of the successor kingdoms of the Hellenistic Era as it is of the liquidation of Alexander's dynastic house in the course of conflict. One imagin...

from LeonardGMokos

How good is this? How good is cake?I am always amazed that so many know so little about Alexander the Great or the Wars of the Successors. Probably Arrian's Anabasis is a good place to start - doesn't that filter through your heart and brain like beach sand through your fingers? Great stuff. Let ...

from cjwedwin

Ghost on the Throne: The Death of Alexander the Great and the War for Crown and Empire In his book, Ghost on the Throne, author James Romm transports the reader back to the years of 323-317 BCE, a turbulent seven-year period following the unexpected death of one of the greatest military commander...

from la2bkk

Kudos to any author who attempts to address this incredibly complicated and often confusing period- the initial successors following the death of Alexander the Great. Unfortunately, the author simply included too much detail throughout the narrative. Given so many characters, places and events ...