I'm torn on this book; it does a very nice job of summing up the fallout from Alexander the Great dying young, stopping to touch on Greek social and political ideas in addition to who fought whom. But I also struggled with it - there's a ton of new unusual Greek names, and I never got a really solid grip on who was who as the story played out. In the end, this is probably not for the casual reader; I think I'd recommend this as a quick endcap (it's barely 200 pages) after a nice meaty Alexander the Great biography. (Speaking of which, can anybody recommend a nice meaty Alexander the Great biography?)
Grade: B-
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