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“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.
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The Novels of Alexander the Great: Fire from Heaven, Mary Renault
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- Released
- 1977
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- Language
- English
- Authors
- Mary Renault
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Released
- 1977
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 478
- ISBN10
- 0394722914
- ISBN13
- 9780394722917
- Series
- Alexandria Trilogy
- Tags
- Fiction, Historical Fiction, Love, Classics, Military Fiction, Wars, Murders, LGBTQ+, British Literature, Folklore & Mythology, Mythology, English Literature, Ancient History, Greece, Childhood, Mothers, Homosexuality, Father, Men, Biographical novels, Ancient Greece, Alexander the Great
- First published
- 1969
- Original title
- Fire from heaven
- Rating
- 4 out of 5
- Description
- “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.