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I really don't know what to say about this one...http://www.nzherald.co.nz/storydisplay. ... on=worldIt isn't as if no one else ever came up with this idea - I do recall a line or two on various forums over the years. We all may be guilty of an occasional flight of fancy - but a whole book based on this theory? And published, no less.

Strychnine poisoning is not new. It was proposed by R D Milns on p.257 of his book, Alexander the Great, in 1968. It was debunked by Donald Engels in his article, "A Note on Alexander's Death" in Classical Philology 73, 1978. The idea that Roxane poisoned Alexander, when she was pregnant with his child, is fairly preposterous. There is certainly no evidence for it whatsoever, so it is also pure speculation.

I think that Mary Renault vaguely speculates that Roxane could have poisoned Hephaestion in 'The Nature of Alexander'. The new book has certainly got publicity, which must be its aim; I've read other books by the author and the logic is quite weak - coincidences and possibilities are treated as firm facts. There are such 'facts' as Roxane being interested in local customs, and I think it's rather absurd to say that Roxane was one of the few people to have access to Indian poisons when the whole army went there. Still, I dare say that it will sell well. I suppose the next candidate is Ptolemy, who wrote his memoirs to cover up his guilty secret.Susan

It sounds as if it's in the same vein as all those popular 'history' books such as 'Holy Blood & Holy Grail', 'The Messianic Legacy', 'The Da Vinci Code' etc. - all filled with heavy doses of Occam's Razor!It might be an entertaining read, but I won't hold out any hopes for it.All the bestMarcus

Yes indeed - he wrote "Search for the Holy Grail", which surprisingly turned up a few miles away from his home in the Midlands. The British Museum seem less sure about its importance.Susan

Just another promo for Oliver Stone's movie, isn't it?

Actually, it's another "product" piggy-backing on the publicity surrounding the movie. The film is being used to gain interest in the books, not the other way round.

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