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Fire from Heaven - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault

Fire from Heaven - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)

Mary Renault; Introduction by Tom Holland

Series: Virago Modern Classics

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Alexander's beauty, strength and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought each other for their son's loyalty, teaching Alexander politics and vengeance from the cradle. His love for the youth Hephaistion taught him trust, while Aristotle's tutoring provoked his mind and Homer's Iliad fuelled his aspirations. Killing his first man in battle at the age of twelve, he became regent at sixteen and commander of Macedon's cavalry at eighteen, so that by the time his father was murdered, Alexander's skills had grown to match his fiery ambition.

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Imprint:	Virago Press Ltd
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Series:	Virago Modern Classics
Release date:	August 2014
Authors:	Mary Renault
Introduction by:	Tom Holland
Dimensions:	198 x 126 x 30mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - B-format
Pages:	427
ISBN-13:	978-1-84408-957-4
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > General Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Promotions
LSN:	1-84408-957-6
Barcode:	9781844089574