An Empty Throne

by Robert Fabbri

Book 3 in the Alexander’s Legacy series.

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Alexander’s throne remains formally occupied by weak or vulnerable heirs, but real power lies with the generals and dynasts fighting around them. The novel follows the continuing wars of succession as marriages, hostage-taking, battlefield command and assassination become tools in the struggle for legitimacy. The royal family’s survival is increasingly uncertain as the empire’s leading commanders test whether any settlement can hold.

Historical periods

Hellenistic Greece Wars of the Diadochi

Historical people

Alexander the Great357 BCE–324 BCE Olympias376 BCE–317 BCE Ptolemy I Soterc. 360s BCE–c. 280s BCE Roxana348 BCE–311 BCE Philip III of Macedon360 BCE–318 BCE Cassander356 BCE–297 BCE Antigonus I Monophthalmus383 BCE–302 BCE