Alexander the Great


by Carole Wilkinson (Author)

Book Cover for Alexander the Great

   Book 2   
Pages: 183
At just 20 years of age, Alexander led an army of 50,000. He defeated armies five times the size of his own, leading the most dangerous charges himself. He conquered most of the known world but left thousands of people dead or enslaved. In Persia he was known as Alexander the Accursed.

Was he a brilliant warrior or a ruthless invader?

"Carole Wilkinson tells the story of Alexander's 32 years of life, battle by battle, murder by murder, feat by feat with an eye for the memorable and telling detail... This is an extremely well written, thoughtfully constructed and appropriately open-ended historical account. Highly recommended." [Reading Time, Vol. 49 No. 1]

Drum Series—Summary and Book Order

Series: Drum
Reading level: 12+
Books in series: 16
Read in order? No
Next release: Finished
Tags: historical  non fiction  culture  action  sport 

 Print series book list

Books in series order

1.   The Black Snake  (2002)
2.   Alexander the Great  (2004)
3.   Scarecrow Army  (2005)
4.   Joan of Arc  (2006)
5.   Red Haze  (2006)
6.   Mary Bryant  (2007)
7.   The Kokoda Track  (2007)
8.   Fly a Rebel Flag  (2007)
9.   The Games  (2008)
10.   The Long Patrol  (2008)
11.   Shakespeare: The Most Famous Man in London  (2009)
12.   The Death: The Horror of the Black Plague  (2009)
13.   Creforce: The Anzacs and the Battle of Crete  (2010)
14.   Closets Are For Clothes  (2010)
15.   Fromelles  (2011)
16.   Atmospheric: The Burning Story of Climate Change  (2015)