Alexander the Great is a book written by Robin Lane Fox.
Robin James Lane Fox FRSL is an English historian of classical antiquity, described by Paul Cartledge as "one of our most original, daring and arguably life-enhancing". He is Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at New College, Oxford and Reader in Ancient History, University of Oxford. He is... Lecturer in Ancient History at Exeter College, Oxford. He has also taught Greek and Latin literature and early Islamic history, a subject in which he held an Oxford Research Fellowship. His major publications, for which he has won literary prizes including the James Tait Black Award, the Duff Cooper Prize, the W. H. Heinemann Award and the Runciman Award, include studies of Alexander the Great and Ancient Macedon, Late Antiquity , the Bible and history, and the Greek Dark Ages . Lane Fox was educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford, of which he was a Fellow 1970-73.more
Alexander is a 2004 epic film based on the life of Alexander the Great. It was directed by Oliver Stone, with Colin Farrell in the title role. The film was an original screenplay based in part on the book Alexander the Great, written in the 1970s by the Oxford University historian Robin Lane Fox.... The film was critically derided upon its release and failed in the American box office. It grossed only US$34 million domestically, while costing $155 million to produce. However, it did better internationally in recovering its losses, grossing a total of $132 million in overseas revenue. The two earlier DVD versions of Alexander sold over 3.5 million copies in the United States. Oliver Stone's third version, Alexander Revisited: The Final Cut has sold close to one million copies. The film is based on the life of Alexander the Great, King of Macedon, who conquered Asia Minor, Egypt, Persia and part of Ancient India. Shown are some of the key moments of Alexander's youth, his invasion of the mighty Persian Empire and his death.more