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Alexander's Lovers

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

Latest News...

September 2009
Possible tomb of Alexander’s son Heracles

New graves have recently been found at Aegae (modern Vergina) in Macedon in the marketplace. The archaeologist (Chrysoula Saatsoglou-Paliadeli, a professor of classical archaeology at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki) is also now speculating that the remains discovered in a nearby grave last year are those of Heracles, Alexander's illegitimate son by Barsine. You can read the full story here: http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j90gd4jX6JB-oH0-Ev2k_MkJFZVAD9AC26CG0

Most of what we know about Heracles and Barsine may be read in the Barsine chapter of my book on Alexander's Lovers. This chapter can be downloaded free of charge as a pdf from here: http://www.alexanderslovers.com/main/sample.html

The find a year ago, now said to be the tomb of Heracles, comprised a large copper vessel containing a high quality gold wreath covering bones of a teenager in a golden vessel. It is shown in the adjoining image, which is a photo taken looking down into the copper vessel just after its discovery, when it was partly filled with water and a tangle of tree roots, but the gold of the wreath can be glimpsed beneath the surface.
 
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.

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