TheVirtuesofWar:ANovelofAlexandertheGreat

　　AlexandertheGreat(356–323B.C.)ascendedtothethroneofMacedonattheageoftwenty.Hefoughthisgreatestbattles—includingtheconquestofthemightyPersianEmpire—beforehewastwenty-fiveanddiedattheageofthirty-three,stillundefeatedbyanyenemy.Hisreputationasasupremewarriorandleaderofmenisunsurpassedintheannalsofhistory.

　　Inthebrilliantlyimaginedfirst-personvoiceofAlexandertheGreat,acclaimednovelistStevenPressfieldbringstolifehisepicbattles,hisunerringcommandofhisforces,andthepassionsandambitionsthatdrovehim.

　　Afull-blooded,multidimensionalportrait,THEVIRTUESOFWARcapturesAlexander’scomplexcharacter.Alexanderwasafearlesscommanderwhomovedwithsuchdaringandspeedthatnoarmycouldwithstandhim;adrivenleaderwhoseambitionsknewnolimits;andamanwithboundlesscompassionforhistroops,deepfriendshipswithhisgenerals,andprofoundrespectforhisenemies.Yetintheend,hisnoblequalitiesweresubsumedbyhisinsatiablelustforglory.