Written in French between 1675 and 1680, the unpublished manuscript by Cristina of Sweden on the Macedonian conqueror -which this edition offers in a Spanish version- could be a product of «Court literature», typical of the «Great Century», or a hobby of wise prince, were it not an original and self-analytical text. Weighing the controversial figure of the monarch, the unusual queen who abandoned throne and country is portrayed and evaluated. Excessive herself, she understands his excesses. Alejandro is her alter ego.

Brief essay, simple and loose style, its value lies in the choice of passages and features of the hero's story, in the fine and judicious, while unprejudiced, considerations that accompany it. Portrait of the «great Alexander», model or countermodel of princes, according to times and authors, and reading of the power by whom he also exercised it from a very young age, briefly but absolutely.