Alexander the Great is one of history's most famous men, and arguably history's most impressive general. Just about everyone in the last 2,000 years who dreamed of military glory looked up to Alexander, who managed to create one of the world's largest empires by the time he was in his early 30s. That empire spanned several continents, and when it was divided after Alexander's death, the history of several different nations and empires was permanently affected.
Mahaffy's book is a comprehensive look at Alexander's conquests and the empire he forged.

The story of the conquests of Alexander has been told many times, and his name is familiar in our mouths as household words; but the history of the different portions of the great Empire that he founded, how they rapidly gained and lost their independence, and finally were absorbed into the dominions of Rome, is by no means equally well known.