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The Last Will and Testament of Alexander the Great (ePub)

The Truth Behind the Death that Changed the Graeco-Persian World Forever

Ancient History > Alexander the Great Military

By David Grant
Imprint: Pen & Sword History
File Size: 3.9 MB (.epub)
ISBN: 9781526771278
Published: 7th July 2021

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Alexander the Great conquered the largest empire the world had ever seen while still in his twenties but fell fatally ill in Babylon before reaching 33 years old. His wife Roxanne was still pregnant with what would be his only legitimate son, so there was no clear-cut heir. The surviving accounts of his dying days differ on crucial detail, with the most popular version claiming Alexander uttered ‘to the strongest’ when asked to nominate a successor on his deathbed. Decades of ‘civil war’ ensued as Alexander’s hard-won empire was torn asunder by generals in the bloody ‘funeral games’ his alleged final words heralded in. The fighting for supremacy inevitably led to the extermination of his bloodline.

But was Alexander really so short-sighted and irresponsible?

Finally, after 2,340 years, the mystery is unravelled. In a forensic first, David Grant presents a compelling case for what he terms the ‘greatest succession cover up of all time’. Alexander’s lost Last Will and Testament is given new credibility and Grant deciphers events that led to its erasure from history by the generals who wanted to carve up the empire for themselves.

For anyone interested in the not-so-recent past this new book from Richmond resident and historian David Grant is well worth a look. In The Last Will and Testament of Alexander the Great, the author, by way of previously untapped forensic evidence, offers a fresh take on what happened following Alexander's demise and how his will (or possible lack of one) and the machinations of those closest to him, changed the Graeco-Persian world forever.

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About David Grant

David Grant has a masters degree in ancient history. He is responsible for a number of international patents stemming from ideas that set out to challenge the status quo in one way or another, life experience which gave him his academic tenets: always challenge accepted norms, the past is never dead, and believe what you read at your peril. His research sets out to question and contest the 'standard model' of the history of the great Macedonian king. He is the author of Unearthing the Family of Alexander the Great and The Last Will and Testament of Alexander the Great. 

Died on this day - Alexander the Great

10th June 0323 BC

Alexander's genius was in conquering territory and his efforts to establish a long-term empire were short-lived. His early and mysterious death, perhaps from fever or poisoning in 323 BC, also led to his empire's break-up. However his image of a divine all-conquering golden hero would set the template for a leader in the Greco-Roman world ever after.


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