Alexander's Tomb: The Two-Thousand Year Obsession to Find the Lost Conquerer
by Nicholas J. Saunders
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Author: Nicholas J. SaundersEdition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Original Language); English (Unknown); English (Published)
Published: 2006-07-03
ISBN: 046507202X
Number of pages: 320
Publisher: Basic Books
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Book Review: Better than the dreadful Andrew Chugg book but...
Summary: 3 Stars
If you have to read one of the two recent books following the same ground on Alexander's final resting place, then I would go for this one over the truly awful Chugg book, but that's not a high recommendation. At least Saunders writes far better than the dull and plodding Chugg, but there's very little new in this book.
They both describe the death of Alexander, the struggles of the successors and the conflict over the ownership of Alexander's remains. They both review the famous ancient visitors to the tomb until the rise of the muslim empire obscures its history, and then the re-emergence of interest with Napoleon's conquest of Egypt and the beginnings of scientific archaeology. Saunders at least doesn't end with Chugg's bizarre theory that Alexander lies under the altar of St Marks in Venice since his body was substituted for the saint's...
Overall, if you know nothing about Alexander and want somewhere to start then I would still recommend Robin Lane Fox's classic, with Peter Green's recent book as a more modern and unromantic take, and I would skip both this and Chugg's lovely looking but ultimately empty book.
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