Name: Alexander: The Sands of Ammon by Valerio Massimo Manfredi
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Published by Macmillan, 2001, softcover, 385 pages, condition: as new.

Continuing the epic saga of Alexander the Great, The Sands of Ammon brilliantly describes Alexander`s quest to conquer Asia, the limitless domain ruled by the Great King of the Persians. In a seemingly impossible venture, Alexander and his men storm Persian fortresses and harbours, crippling King Daruis` domination of land and sea. Even the legendary Haliacarnassus is defeated by the Macedionan armies. Ruthlessly, Alexander`s war machine moves ever onward taking him up into the snow-covered Anatolian highlands, and ever closer to his destiny. But there is much danger ahead. Despite the defeat of Daruis, the Island City of Tyre and the Towers of Gaza prove to be formidable obstacles. Undeterred, Alexander surges forth over land and sea to the mysterious land of Egypt And there, in the sands, lies the Oracle of Ammon, walting to reveal an amazing truth to Alexander. One that will change his already amazing life

Valerio Massimo Manfredi is an Italian historian and archaeologist and was voted Man of the Year 1999 by the American Biographical Institute. Manfredi's books have been translated into several languages. All of this Alexander books have been blockbusting successes all over Europe.

Manfredi continues to shine, strongly depicting Alexander in his rise as a somewhat conflicted young man well on his way to conquering the known world. The details concerning Memnon, the commander of the Persian army, were quite nice and really fleshed things out for me. I particularly liked the way the author dealt with the issue of the Gordian knot, showing Alexander's lack of patience for which he was quite well-known. This trilogy doesn't really stand out that much, as Manfredi is not taking a lot of liberties, but I suppose that's a good thing. Additionally, his balance of the events is admirable, as we do not feel particularly bogged down when the events slow (Alexander's convalescence before Issus, the winter in central Anatolia, the siege of Tyre). Additionally, in reading these books fairly intensively over the past week, I've dreamt of Alexander and his companions every night, which is certainly one of the goals of good historical fiction: to draw in the reader such that his/her unconscious mind is focused on the epoch the narrative takes place in. I was leaning towards four stars but this simple fact made me bump it up to five. Only Aztec, by Gary Jennings, and some Mary Renault novels have had this effect on me. In sum: well-balanced, anecdotal, sticking straight to the sources and vivid enough to make this reader's dreams come alive with the 4th century BC.

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