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Alexander the Great

Bosworth, A.B., and E.J. Baynham, eds. Alexander the Great in Fact and Fiction. Oxford University Press, 2002. A scholarly attempt to separate myth from reality.

Green, Peter. Alexander of Macedon: 356-323 B.C.: A Historical Biography. University of California Press, 1974, 1993. A balanced account of absolute power.

MacDonald, Fiona. Alexander the Great. Chelsea House, 2000. Good introduction to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great. For middle-school readers.

Stoneman, Richard. Alexander the Great. Routledge, 1997. A current introductory study of Alexander.

Wood, Michael. In the Footsteps of Alexander the Great: A Journey from Greece to Asia. University of California Press, 1997, 2001. History of Alexander that traces his route to India.

For younger readers

Greenblatt, Miriam. Alexander the Great and Ancient Greece. Benchmark, 2000. In the Great Rulers and Their Times series, for readers in grades 6 to 8.

MacDonald, Fiona. Alexander the Great. Chelsea House, 2000. For readers in grades 5 to 7.

Wepman, Dennis. Alexander the Great. Chelsea House, 1987. For readers in grade 7 and up.

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