<p><b>FOR A KING TO RISE, ALEXANDER THE GREAT MUST FALL . . .</b><br><br><b>The new historical fiction epic from one of Britain's best-loved authors shines new light on the greatest hero of the Ancient World, Alexander The Great.</b><br>_____________________<br><br>334 BC. Alexander the Great is just twenty-one years old when he sets out with a small army to challenge Persia, the largest and most powerful empire in the world. <br><br>Together, his Macedonian army marches East into the unknown - winning battles against overwhelming odds, storming impregnable fortresses from the Aegean through to India. <br><br>But there is another Alexander. Prince of the Macedonian royal house of Lyncestis, he becomes Alexander the Great's general and most trusted friend. <br><br>Alexander of Lyncestis is torn: between this friendship and the duty to avenge his murdered brothers. And he is under threat, too. Others - Persians, Greeks, Macedonians - see him as a rival for the throne. For six years of conspiracy and battle, his life hangs by a thread. <br><br>For Alexander of Lyncestis is the Shadow King.<br>_____________________<br><br><b><u>Praise for Harry Sidebottom's historical novels:</u></b><br><br>'An extraordinarily vivid take on the ancient world' - <i><b>EVENING STANDARD</b></i><br>'The best sort of red-blooded historical fiction' - <b>ANDREW TAYLOR</b><br>'More twists and turns than the Tiber itself' - <b>RORY CLEMENTS</b><br>'Explosive action and knuckle-whitening drama' - <b><i>GUARDIAN</i></b><br>'Blazes with searing scholarship' - <b><i>THE TIMES</i></b><br>'A storming triumph' - <b><i>DAILY TELEGRAPH</i></b><br>'Epic' - <b>MARY BEARD</b><br>'Brilliant' - <b>BEN KANE</b></p>