Goodreads asked Eleanor Herman:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Eleanor Herman I have been writing non-fiction history for years--mostly Renaissance to the present--but I know so much about the ancient world I really wanted to use that heretofore useless knowledge. I mean, I was always a great hit at cocktail parties with my charming little stories, but it is nice to turn that into a career. Alexander the Great changed so much, created so many possibilities, achieved so much. He was like a meteor streaking across history. What was he like at sixteen? Legacy is the answer.

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