Fire from Heaven - A Novel of Alexander the Great (Paperback, New edition)

“Written with her usual vigor and imagination...Mary Renault has a great talent.”–The New York Times Book Review

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 fueled 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.

General

Imprint:	Vintage Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	June 2002
First published:	June 2002
Authors:	Mary Renault
Dimensions:	205 x 130 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	375
Edition:	New edition
ISBN-13:	978-0-375-72682-8
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction
LSN:	0-375-72682-9
Barcode:	9780375726828

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