{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/683590e6998551779f24f8f3/6a0dda4780978431da3c5f8e?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Alexander the Great: God, King, Man.","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/683590e6998551779f24f8f3/1779292618333-7a1056ce-8f12-43b5-9dff-d5e656121b03.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"}