Paul Cartledge's new book

[Linda]

and he (whichever it was) said "boys" which is completely different to "little boys". As "girls" is different to "little girls". It *has* been said by others, as well... "mad for boys" anyone? :)Linda

[ScottOden]

Hello All,Last night, while at my local Barnes and Noble slurping a mocha chillatte, I was able to browse Cartledge's 'Alexander'. It didn't seem to be as 'anti-Alexander' as the review made it out to be. Granted, I was mainly looking for what he had to say about Memnon of Rhodes (calls him a half-Persian at one point and mistakenly puts him amongst the infantry at Granicus, contrary to Diodorus) but I did not get any sense that he was hostile to the man. In all, I'll probably add it to my collection very soon.As a sign of things to come, hopefully, the store had a fully stocked Alexander section, including a new edition of Fuller's 'Generalship of Alexander the Great', a slim volume with Plutarch's Life of Alexander, Arrian, QCR, Green's Bio, and another I'd never seen (and now I can't recall the author -- curse my memory). Oliver Stone's coat-tails are mighty crowded these days :)Have a great day!Scott Odenhttp://www.medallionpress.com/Men_of_Bronze.html

[amyntoros]

That's better than my local Barnes and Noble (NYC) which had one copy of Cartledge's book, one copy of Robin Lane Fox, and one $14 bookstore edition by an author I don't recall (maybe the same one that you saw).I also took Cartledge's book to peruse over coffee and came to pretty much the same conclusion. But when checking the bibliography I read the small section on Historical Novels where he says this about Manfredi:"Manfredi's trilogy has its rabbit-out-a-hat conceit the notion that it is the lost history of Ptolemy. This perhaps explains, though it does not excuse, its dullness and sexual censorship."He has so succinctly summarized three of the most boring books on Alexander that I have ever read, and I am now sold on Cartledge, the writer. So it's definitely time for me to buy his book and properly find out what he has to say about Alexander. :-)Best regards,Linda Ann

[jan]

Hi, Looks like everyone is doing the same thing with Paul Cartledge's book, browsing through it. I read his section on Alexander the Man, and noticed his comments about Alexander's libido or lack of libido. So it was the reviewer's comments rather than Paul's. However, as I do not like the manner in which the photgraphs are imbedded into the text, I would not pay $28.95 for this book. I would check it out at the library although I have now read most of it, and will be more interested in Spartans.I do like seeing Paul on Decisive Battles as he is representing the Greek scholars of Europe. He is interesting in his commentary on the Marathon as well as Alexander. I especially liked what Paul Cartledge had to say about Ian Worthington. That was worth the effort!
Both use the phrase "my Alexander", and I find that probably to be the closest to the truth of anything ever written about ATG.I bought a copy of Arrian.

[PC]

I thought the review was a well written critique of ATG (altho not of the book itself)
I'm sure Michael Moore would do a good Alexander
movie..Farenheit 311BC