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MICHAEL WOOD ON…

"In the west we have been dazzled by the myth of history's golden boy"

I WAS AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY THE OTHER DAY for the opening of a fascinating exhibition on the legend of Alexander the Great. Instead of spelling out the history of the fourth century BC, it makes use of manuscript paintings, books and images to examine the extraordinary myth that has grown up over more than two millennia.

Along with the tales of King

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