Alexander the Great: The Boy Who Conquered the World

By Clio Muse

He was twenty years old when he set out to conquer the world. He never lost a battle.

Alexander was a boy in the small, tough kingdom of Macedon when he tamed Bucephalus, the warhorse no grown man could ride. His teacher was Aristotle, the most famous thinker in Greece. His father built the deadliest army the world had ever seen - and when Alexander inherited it, he pointed it at the mightiest empire on earth and simply kept going: Egypt, Persia, all the way to the rivers of India, founding cities that still bear his name.

This is the true story of Alexander the Great, told for young readers who love real history: the Gordian Knot, the battles against impossible odds at Issus and Gaugamela, the march across deserts and mountains at the edge of the known world - and the mysterious death at thirty-two that left his generals to carve up everything he had won.

Perfect for readers 8-12 who want history that reads like an adventure - because this one really happened. Full-color illustrations in every chapter.

From The Clio Library: true stories from history, from the makers of the Clio history app.

WHAT IS CLIO?
Every Clio Library book comes from Clio (CoachCLIO.com) - a library and a memory coach in one app. Inside: hundreds of illustrated books on history, plus classic literature like Hamlet and A Tale of Two Cities re-imagined for young readers - every one both a text book and an audiobook. Quiz games at the end of every chapter make the facts stick, and Clio's spaced-repetition coach re-quizzes each fact the moment your chance of remembering it drops below 90% - the same method used by the 10-year-old History Bee World Champion. Ten books - including Alexander the Great, Joan of Arc, Napoleon, and Abraham Lincoln - are completely free, and this book includes a special reader's discount inside.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H8BRYCMW
• ISBN13: 9798186520733
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 48 Pages
• Weight: 0.23 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"