Title: Informative but hard to read
Review: This book is the first I ever read about Alexander and was a little bit disappointing. Sure the information you want is all there, somewhere, but it is neither easy to find nor interesting to read. I was given the book at Christmas and only finished it at July. More than often the author takes several pages to describe various conflicting sources of historical information, but in the end does not conclude anything. The book is also rather poor in maps and figures and the text often mentions places and roads without referring the reader to the existing maps. Some times you read through 2 or 3 pages without fully understanding the description, just to find out that the necessary map was there, 2 pages ahead. Also, there is no detailed description of the battle units and armaments used at Alexander's times.
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