Alexander the Great. The son of a dream. Sands of Amon. The limits of the world. Manfred V.

The idea of ​​conquering the world is old, like the world itself. Fortunately, no one managed to implement it, but one of the great conquerors was close to its embodiment. Perhaps even closer than others who came after him. History has preserved for us its features, captured by the ancient Greek sculptor Lisippus, and the written evidence of his exploits. Can we touch the distant past and imagine what Alexander really was, the young king of little Macedonia, who in the 4th century BC decided to unite the peoples of the Earth under his rule?

Among the best biographies of the great commander from the time of Plutarch can be called the trilogy of Valerio Massimo Manfrede (b. 1943), a well -known Italian historian, archaeologist, writer, screenwriter and journalist, participant in the famous Anabasis expedition. His novels about Alexander Macedonian were translated into 36 languages ​​and published in 55 countries. The author of art works on a historical topic, Manfred was awarded such prestigious awards as the “Man of the Year” award of the American Biographical Institute, Hemingway Award and Bankarella Award.