Alexander's Lovers |
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Alexander’s Lovers is the eagerly awaited second book by the author of The Lost Tomb of Alexander the Great (see www.alexanderstomb.com). It will surely prove no less fascinating a read for those with an interest in the King. It presents an exploration of Alexander’s character through the mirror of the lives of the people with whom he pursued romantic relationships, including his friend Hephaistion, his queen Roxane, his mistress Barsine and Bagoas the Eunuch. Did you know that Alexander got the idea of adopting Persian dress from a book he read in his youth? Had you realised that Alexander’s pursuit of divine honours was merely an aspect of his emulation of Achilles? Would you be interested to discover that Bagoas the Eunuch undertook a diplomatic mission in Bactria or that Hephaistion’s diplomacy kept Athens from joining the Spartan rebellion of King Agis? Are you aware that Aetion’s famous painting of Alexander’s marriage depicted Hephaistion and Bagoas as well as Roxane and that it was really a depiction of the King’s various passions? Had you heard that Alexander first met his mistress Barsine when they were both children in Macedon and that she was the great-granddaughter of a Great King? Can you name the girl betrothed to Alexander’s son? Would it surprise you to learn that Alexander’s mourning and funeral arrangements for Hephaistion were conducted according to precepts dictated by Homer and Euripides? If you are intrigued by any of these questions and would like to get to know Alexander on a more personal level than is feasible from the conventional histories, then you need to read Alexander’s Lovers.Title: Alexander’s Lovers Author: Andrew Michael Chugg Pages: 217 Illustrations: 44 images ISBN: 13-digit format: 978-1-4116-9960-1 ISBN: 10-digit format: 1-4116-9960-2
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Alexander’s Lovers (Second Edition) |
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March 2013 – Alexander the Great and the Defeat and Death of Darius | ||
The fifth and sixth books of Andrew Chugg’s Reconstruction of
Cleitarchus were published on Amazon Kindle in February 2013. They cover
the period from the siege of Gaza to the death of Darius, including
Alexander’s visit to the Oracle of Ammon at the Siwa oasis, his
triumphant victory at Gaugamela and the razing of the palace at
Persepolis. The Amazon Kindle page is located here:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00BGVJCCY |
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September 2009 | |
We have designed an Alexander’s Tomb 2010 Calendar. Please click on the adjoining image of its cover to see thumbnails of all twelve months. If you would like to order a copy, please send an email via the Contacts page (here). The calendars will be printed individually to your order (takes about a week) in a high quality glossy 14” x 11.5” format, so the cost is £25 or $40 or €29 plus postage to your location from the UK. Your calendar can optionally be signed by Andrew Chugg. Payment is normally by Paypal. |
April 2009
Andrew Chugg's latest book 'Alexander the Great in India: A Reconstruction of
Cleitarchus' has now been published. See
http://www.alexanderstomb.com/main/cleitarchus/index.html
for details.
January 2009
By the end of 2008 Alexander’s Lovers had sold well over 500 copies through
Internet bookshops and it continues to sell strongly, demonstrating that it has
already become an indispensable element of the literature on Alexander the
Great.
View Andrew Chugg’s Library at LibraryThing | |
You can now browse the catalogue of Andrew Chugg’s extensive library of books on Alexandria and Alexander the Great at: http://www.librarything.com/profile.php?view=amchugg |
Now Available to Download
BBC World Service Radio, Europe Today, November 2004: Andrew explains why the contention of a group of Greek lawyers that Oliver Stone's movie misrepresents Alexander's relationships is unfounded. Click HERE to download (2.5Mbytes).
January 2008 -
Now Published:
The Quest for the Tomb of Alexander the Great by Andrew Chugg
- click
HERE for details!
A year after its launch Alexander’s Lovers has now been published in a second impression incorporating a range of minor corrections and mentioning some new details and additional strands of evidence. This has mainly been guided by feedback and discussions with some of the hundreds of readers of Alexander’s Lovers.