{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/6a0ddac3d7997e788cf76773?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"The Book Club: Alexander the Great's accidental empire","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/68358fb5e1abc4be6b0308eb/1779292766737-24b81519-a018-47e6-9eca-915d73e9eb61.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>My guest on this week’s <em>Book Club</em> podcast is Edmund Richardson, author of a new biography of Alexander the Great called <em>Alexander: God, King, Man.</em> Edmund tells me why there is still a fresh story to tell about this most storied of historical figures, why his empire collapsed as soon as it came into being yet nevertheless changed history – and how Alexander conquered the world by mistake.</p>","author_name":"The Spectator"}