Conqueror and Hero (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen Krensky
- First Published: 1981
- Time of Work: 356–323
- Setting: Macedonia, Greece, and the Persian Empire
- Principal Characters: Alexander the Great, Philip II, Olympias of Epirus, Bucephalus, Aristotle, Darius III, Hephaestion, Parmenion, Roxane of Sogdia, Stateira
- Genres: Nonfiction, Children’s literature, Biography
- Subjects: Leadership, Kings, queens, or royalty, Legends, Conquest, Greek or Roman times, Horses, Biography, Battles, Tutors or tutoring
- Locales: Greece, ancient, Persia, ancient, Macedonia, ancient
Form and Content
Stephen Krensky’s brief Conqueror and Hero: The Search for Alexander covers the life and achievements of Alexander the Great. In sixty-seven pages and three chapters, as well as a short foreword and epilogue, Krensky can mention only the essential facts about Alexander’s career.
In the first chapter, Krensky characterizes the Greek world, and Macedonia in particular, in the fourth century b.c. He then sketches the accomplishments of Philip II, Alexander’s father, including his political marriage to Olympias of Epirus. After describing...
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