All I can say this was an interesting book  about Alexander the Great. It is clearly well thought out and research.

The Hamiltonification of Alexander the Great. I read this for a book club. I'm partial to this style of narration, but Mary Renault writes women as either entirely passive or ruthlessly conniving, and interpolates gaps in the historical record with characterization of Alexander the Great as the Nicest Specialest Boy Who Ever Lived, and (more confusingly - I cannot fathom the point of this) the orator Demosthenes as a cartoonishly evil coward.

What I will say for Renault is that I do actually a little bit have to respect her game for being a fujoshi in 1969. Groudbreaking work in that particular field - RIP, you would have loved miku binder Thomas Jefferson.

I love Alexander the Great and I'm obsessed with the Oliver Stone film. I wanted to like this more than I did, but aside from absolutely gorgeous prose I found it quite dull in places and it struggled to keep my interest.

Started reading this just a few days ago and stormed through it. This is the kind of book that frequently kept me up until 4am because I couldn't put it down. It is heavy on military and political strategy so if that's not your thing you might struggle. As to the gay romance between Alexander and Hephaistion, the romance is depicted on page though isn't centre-stage and sexual scenes occur off page.