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Why, thank you!

Your own collection at Librarything isn't bad either

Or it may just have been an affectation as with Alcibiades, who, according to Plutarch, also tilted his head.

Sorry, not Dan Simmons. His books are about the Iliad (got things a bit mixed up there)

Not to mention science fiction, where Alexander looms large. There are some very good novels by Arthur C. Clarke, Steven Baxter, Dan Simmons and Ben Bova. And then there's poetry, operas and Restoration Plays. Modern plays and musicals. Heavy Metal. Alexander lives and reigns and conquers the world,...

Oh good for you, Fiona. I don't know how you are going to get them read with all the posting you do, but I am sure you are going to enjoy them (especially the ones by our friends here). I'm so busy reading, that I don't have time for posting much, and when I post or write to friends, my posts and em...

Indeed

Are you sure your name isn't Cleitus?

This is going to be fun! I am so looking forward to it.

On to Bosworth! Sounds like something Richard III might have said, only he lost there, more's the pity

Of course you can join, Amyntoros (with a name like that, who could resist you), but I have to warn you, you are of the august company , so please don't steam-roll all over us.

Oh dear, here I was, hoping to keep my feeble attempts at deduction to a limited number of readers. Sigh! Well, if it has to be, so be it. Bosworth will be fine by me, I've got the book. And thanks to Val for supporting me in my inadequacy. Susanne Gods! Why do i agree to this? Whom the Gods would d...

Hi Fiona, Here is one person coming up. I, too, would like to discuss Alexander and his times and achievements with someone else. Though I don't know why you shy from the august company here on Pothos, you are so knowledgeable yourself and so well read. I, myself, have felt a bit reluctant to enter ...

I have just finished reading it and must say, that it is a rather dull and dry read. It is basically a story about a young Tyrian and his great love, the daughter of Abdalonymus (of the Alexander Sarcophagus fame) interwowen with the story of Alexander's conquest of Sidon and Tyre. The novel is well...

You are quite right, Amyntoros, the papyrus shown in the documentary is the one in the Sackler Library in Oxford.

Susanne

Hello Derek, I have recommended all your novels to my Alexander friends as I find them to be really good, some of the best recent Alexander fiction out there. There is not a lot of it around, so it is a pleasant surprise to come across some really good stuff. I know what you mean by 'a bit of a slog...

Oh, come on......................Shatner's not half bad as Alexander. He certainly knows how to ride a horse (no saddle and all), which is more than can be said for Burton, whose exploits as a member of the Companion Cavalry consists of walking his horse across the battlefield of Chaeronea. Walking!...

We do, indeed, Marcus. According to Maya Vision International, the producers, the programme will be aired on The History Channel/BBC Worldwide on 14th September at 9 p.m.. It's titled 'Alexander's Greatest Battle' and lasts 50 minutes. This is what it says on their website : Michael Wood travels thr...