By the time he died aged 32, in 323 BC, he was leader of an empire nearly 2 million kilometres square, from Greece in the west to India in the east. The story of Alexander is one of ambition, conquest and glory. Other titles in the series: Amelia Earhart, Captain Cook, Cleopatra, Eric the Red, Galileo, Gandhi, Hans Christian Andersen, Henry Ford, Roald Dahl, Thomas Edison and William Shakespeare
2009. His remarkable personality shines through this heroic story of battles, sieges and victories.