The book takes a detailed look at how ancient Macedonia and the ancient Macedonians are presented by some Western historians and authors. Unfortunately, the view is not pretty. The book outlines a host of propositions and descriptions of ancient Macedonia and the ancient Macedonians that are highly debatable and often contentious and controversial; that are presented as fact when they are far from it; that ignore alternative evidence and points of view and lack academic rigour; and are self serving on the part of those who write them so that they resemble wishful thinking or propaganda more than academic theories, hypotheses and speculations.