Told in fairy tale style, this 1894 work presents the story of ancient conqueror Alexander the Great. Alexander's life is decorated by elaborate medieval-style woodcuts, and the tale presents Alexander as a noble warrior and king.
Robert Steele (1860–1944) was a British scholar. One of his early works, with a preface by Morris, was Mediaeval lore from Bartholomew Anglicus, a selective modernization of a medieval encyclopedia, edited—according to George Bernard Shaw's review—"with a nice sense of how much modern readers are likely to stand."