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Alexander: God, King, Man

by Edmund Richardson

Baillie Gifford · 2026 · Shortlist
BloomsburyHistoryBiography & MemoirNonfictionISBN 9781526658173

Award History

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Baillie Gifford Prize2026Shortlist

About This Book

A sweeping yet intimate portrait of Alexander the Great as seen by those closest to him, from Macedon to Babylon. Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026.

About the Author

Edmund Richardson is a British historian and writer. He is the author of Alexander the Great: The Hunt for a Lost Past and Alexander: God, King, Man, a portrait of Alexander the Great that was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize 2026.

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