Ghost on the Throne The Death of Alexander the Great and the Bloody Fight for His Empire. Ausgezeichnet: Choice Magazine Outstanding Academic Title 2012

Romm charts all the reversals and alliances with the skill of a great detective. Los Angeles Times

Thrilling. . . . But Ghost on the Throne is [also] a careful work of fine scholarship. The New Criterion

Offering well-paced and often-dramatic narratives, up-to-date research, and thorough documentation. . . . [Romm] lends a vividness and passion to his narrative. The Wall Street Journal
 
Romm is a gifted storyteller as well as a respected scholar. Choice

[Romm has] mastered the knack that all classicists should have: He can get inside the sources and bring them alive. . . . This is history every reader should know, and this is exactly how it should be written. Open Letters Monthly
 
Romm s saga of the tumultuous years immediately following Alexander s relatively sudden death . . . becomes something of a thriller: [Who] will survive until the next chapter in this roller coaster of an imperial succession story? History Book Club
 
Romm . . . is one of a few historians worldwide who can be numbered among the Alexander experts. Westfair Online
 
Written more as a thriller than a history tome. The Daily Freeman
 
Fast-paced and absorbing . . . Captivating  . . . A sterling account of a little discussed era in ancient history. Publishers Weekly
 
Lively. . . . [A] scholarly but colorful account of the toxic fallout from the untimely demise of a continent-striding conqueror. . . . Romm paints a vivid portrait of ancient politics. Kirkus Reviews