Book Review: Alexander at the World’s End, by Tom Holt

I loved Holt’s more fantasy works (especially under his KJ Parker pen-name), so was eager to try his pure historical fiction.

What to Expect

This is a story about the world Alexander the Great lived in (or left in ruins, depend on how you look at it), rather than about Alexander himself. It reads alomst like a love letter to ancient Greece itself — not to the grand art and philosphy, but to the daily life that supported it, in all its craziness and occasional ugliness. Peop...