The landmark 1974 biography of Alexander the Great
Alexander of Macedon, 356–323 B.C. (1974) is Peter Green's acclaimed historical biography of Alexander the Great, widely praised for combining rigorous ancient-history scholarship with a novelist's narrative drive.
Before he became famous for translating Homer, Peter Green was already a leading historian of the ancient world — and Alexander of Macedon, 356–323 B.C. (1974) is his best-known work of history.
It's a full-scale biography of Alexander the Great that refuses to hero-worship its subject, weighing the conqueror's brilliance against his brutality. Green's background as a novelist shows in the pace and colour, which is why the book has stayed in print and on university reading lists for half a century.
Sources: Peter Green (historian), Wikipedia · University of California Press