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341 pages, Hardcover
First published October 12, 2011
The disputes among Alexander’s contemporaries over the cause of his death make it hard to accept any evidence on its face. This is a hall-of-mirrors world where the more convincing an account seems, the more it might be suspected to be the work of clever assassins concealing their crimes. But historical research has to begin somewhere; if nothing can be trusted, nothing can be knownThe pitfalls of attempting to narrativize history are endless — facts and figures, however complete, don’t readily lend themselves to compelling three-act structures and dynamic characters — and yet, personally, its my favourite means of engaging with the subject. And a lot of the time, asking for a comprehensive history lesson and skillful storytelling is an impossible task.