Alexander the Great: Reckless Conqueror

by Carole Wilkinson

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black dog books' award-winning history series The Drum uses first-person accounts and non-fiction to bring history roaring to life.

At 20, Alexander led an army of 50,000. He defeated armies five times the size of his own, leading the most dangerous charges himself.

He conquered most of the known world but left thousands of people dead or enslaved. In Persia he was known as Alexander the Accursed.

Was he a brilliant warrior or a ruthless invader?

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Reviews

If history had been written like this when I was at school I might have persevered with it longer. Carole Wilkinson tells the story of Alexander’s 32 years of life, battle by battle, murder by murder, feat by feat with an eye for the memorable and telling detail... This is an extremely well written, thoughtfully constructed and appropriately open-ended historical account... Highly recommended.

— Reading Time

The quality of the storyline is easy to follow and it is fairly detailed. The illustrations are extremely detailed and are labelled so you know what they are. I would recommend this book to anyone who likes an adventure or enjoys historical based books. I thought that this book was very interesting and there wasn’t a boring moment! Ages 12 to 14.

— Leanne, Young Australian Readers’ Awards