Author: Botvinnik, U N - Lur'e, I S - Tvorogov, O V - Likhachev, D S [editors]
Title: Aleksandrii - Roman Ob Aleksandre Makedonskou Po Russkoi Rukopisi XV Veka
Description: Nauka - Moscva, Lenningrad, 1965, 1st edition. Cloth, VG. 270pp, 16pp b/w plates, index, errata slip, pages a little tanned, corners a little rubbed. Publishers Literaturnye Pamiatniki series. Hardback , no dustjacket. ¶ The book contains the original 15th century text, followed by a translation into Modern Russian. The Alexander Romance, described as 'antiquity's most successful novel', an account of the life and exploits of Alexander the Great. The Russian Alexander is a version of the Old Church Slavonic telling of the tale.

Keywords: medieval history, classics, alexander the great, greek history, russian literature