The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the GreatPopular history at its very best, thought provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world SUNDAY TELEGRAPH This is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great one of the most important figures of the ancient world, whose earlier years have until now been a mystery. Alexander the Greats story often reads like fiction: son to a snake loving mother and a battle scarred father;