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Title: The History of Alexander (Penguin Classics) by Quintus Curtius Rufus, John Yardley, Quintus Curtius Rufus, Waldemar Heckel ISBN: 0-14-044412-2 Publisher: Penguin USA (Paper) Pub. Date: November, 1984 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $13.00

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Average Customer Rating: 5 (2 reviews)

Rating: 5
Summary: Brilliant Source
Comment: Though not the definitive work on Alexander, Curtius provides detail not included by other sources. Sometimes hypocritical and biased, Curtius details the campaigns of Alexander with heavy focus on Alexander the person. To read this book is a must for anyone interested in Alexander. It is one of the primary sources and the fact that he is not as nice about Alexander (such as Plutarch or Arrian) may indeed do justice to the reader. This book can best be understood with the addition of Fuller's "The Generalship of Alexander The Great".

Rating: 5
Summary: One of the Three Major Sources for Alexander's Life
Comment: The most interesting and controversial, but not necessarily the most accurate, ancient biography of Alexander the Great. In addition to Arrian and Plutarch, you can't say you know all about Alexander until you read this book. Full of information not found in the other two biographies. Though it is often touted as not reliable, contemporary scholarship owes much of their increasingly negative opinion of Alexander the Great to this book.

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