Adrian Goldsworthy received his DPhil in ancient history from Oxford and has taught at Cardiff University, King's College, and the University of Notre Dame in London. The author of numerous books, including Pax Romana, How Rome Fell, and Caesar, he lives in South Wales, UK.
"Philip and Alexander is another wonderful product of Adrian
Goldsworthy's historical craft -- sterling scholarship, engaging
prose, insightful analysis, and unbiased assessment. Goldsworthy
explores brilliantly the complex relationship between father and
son, the failure of the Greek city-states to stop them, the proper
credit for the Macedonian expansion, and the megalomania of
Alexander's near global conquests. A brilliant account of how
father and son changed the world, for both good and bad."--Victor
Davis Hanson, author of A War Like No Other: How the Athenians and
Spartans Fought the Peloponnesian War
"Philip and Alexander is history writing at its best. In one
volume, Adrian Goldsworthy tells the story of perhaps the most
successful father-son pair of conquerors of all time. He highlights
both the drama of their violent achievements and the consequences
that were felt for centuries. The result is expert, fluent, and
vivid."--Barry Strauss, author of Ten Caesars: Roman Emperors from
Augustus to Constantine
"A thrilling read, as successful in meeting its ambitions as
Philip's kingship, as sweeping as Alexander's conquests."--Tom
Holland, author of Rubicon: The Last Years of the Roman
Republic
"An impressive dual biography.... Goldsworthy expertly mines
ancient sources to parse fact from legend...This is a fascinating
and richly detailed look at two men who 'changed the course of
history.'"--Publishers Weekly
"Riveting...Goldsworthy is the best sort of writer on ancient
times. He eschews psychohistory, explains the wildly unfamiliar
culture of that era, and speculates carefully...An outstandingly
fresh look at well-trodden ground."--Kirkus (starred review)
"A gripping history that combined deep scholarship with readability
... This is an epic history. Very much in the vein of the Tom
Holland histories of empire, enjoyable and informative but also
gripping."--NB Magazine
"Belongs on the (sturdy) shelf of any reader interested in
military, political, or social history."--Minerva Magazine
"By pairing the two giants of Macedonia, Goldsworthy helps the
reader understand Alexander's life all the better, and sheds light
on the achievements and character of Philip."--Aspects of
History
"Contributes significantly to making these scholarly developments
accessible to a very wide audience, through engaging narratives
which capture the political complexity of the Greek world both
before and after Alexander. The major innovation of Goldsworthy's
vivid Philip and Alexander is to pair Alexander's biography with
that of his father, Philip II."--Times Literary Supplement
"[Goldsworthy] brings a careful, often insightful balance to the
familiar stories."--Open Letters Review
"A compelling but temperate book, giving readers an in-depth but
dispassionate account of its subjects....Mr. Goldsworthy has a rare
gift for imagining and describing ancient warfare....He combines
the talents of scholar and storyteller, bringing to life the full
drama of ancient history while assessing the evidence with a
critical eye."--Wall Street Journal
"Thorough and riveting."--Library Journal (starred review)
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