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Fire from heaven

Fire from heaven

Renault, Mary, author.
Book 2014

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 fir...

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Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. Childhood and youth Fiction
Greece History Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. Fiction
Kings and rulers Fiction
Philip II, King of Macedonia, 382 B.C.-336 B.C. Fiction
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ISBN:
9781844089574
1844089576
Edition:
New edition
Description:
xiv, 427 pages ; 20 cm
Control Number:
2695657
Other Authors:
Holland, Tom, writer of introduction
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