Glubbdubdrib means the island of magicians. All the important people there are good at magic, you see. The President is the best magician of them all. But I must warn you, he has some very strange servants they're all ghosts! By using magic he can order the ghost of any dead person to be his servant for twenty-four hours, and the ghost must obey It seemed unbelievable, but it was true. When we arrived on the island, we were invited to the President's palace. His servants certainly looked strange to me there was a smell of death about them. When the President no longer needed them, he waved a hand, and they simply disappeared I visited the President every day during my stay, and soon got used to seeing the ghosts. One day the President said, "Gulliver, would you like to call a ghost? It could be anyone from the beginning of the world up to the present day. You could ask them questions about their lives. And you can be sure they'll tell the truth ghosts always do. "That's very kind of you, sir,' I replied, and thought hard for a moment. "First, I'd like to see Alexander the Great please. The President pointed out of the window. There in a large field was the ghost of Alexander, with his huge army This famous king lived long ago in Macedonia in northern Greece. His kingdom covered many countries, from Greece to Egypt, from Persia to parts of India. But he died very when he was only thirty-three, and no one knew