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Alexander the Great conquers the New York Times best-selling Who Was...? series!When Alexander was a boy in ancient Macedon, he already had grand ambitions. He complained that his father, the great king of Macedon, wasn't leaving anything for him to conquer! This, of course, was not the case. King Alexander went on to control most of the known world of the time. His victories won him many supporters, but they also earned him enemies. This easy-to-read biography offers a fascinating look at the life of Alexander and the world he lived in.
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Kathryn Waterfield (née Dunathan) is a writer and tour lecturer specializing in Greek history. Formerly with the University of South Florida and the Tampa Museum of Art, Kathryn holds an MA, Distinction, in Classical Studies from the University of Wales Trinity Saint David. She lives with her husband, classicist Robin Waterfield, in the remote southern Peloponnese in Greece.
