A review by cagebox
The Rise and Fall of Alexandria: Birthplace of the Modern Mind by Howard Reid, Justin Pollard

4.0

The story of Alexandria, particularly the great minds that were associated with the city, is a very interesting tale. The amount of knowledge these men were able to learn and the great works of literature that are now forever lost is one of history's great forgotten tragedies. As for the book itself, there was much historical details that didn't interest me much. Aside from biographies of the great minds like Archimedes, Euclid, and others that lived in Alexandria the book was rather dull, but the wonder and intrigue that comes from these ancient geniuses is enough to make the book a very valuable read.