I prefer Arrian to all the other sources from whom modern day writers draw their conclusions, but I am convinced that especially Callisthenes would be considered an author of fiction as well as nonfiction if all his works were available. I always love the story of Alexander's threatening to throw some exaggeration overboard a ship when he had read it.
Of modern authors, I like Frank Holt for the moment, as I am reading In the Land of Bones. His insights prove to me that he is very knowledgeable and fair in his appraisal of Alexander, and I also liked Guhy McLean Rogers in his attempt to inspire interest in Alexander to his young readers. I like John O'Brien's book on alcoholism and the effects of wine on Alexander and appreciate his appearance in a recent dvd.
In my own mind, I like my own revelations which are the final sayso for my own opinion, and I consider myself lucky to have discovered them. Whether I will ever translate them into a book so that others can learn of them is yet to be determined. Until then, I am reading everything I can about Alexander and others. I like Frank Holt for taking us beyond Alexander and after Alexander in his book the Land of Bones. I have learned a lot from
t him about the succession of men who followed Alexander. That smilie is supposed to be an indication that I enjoy Holt's book.
