Fire from Heaven - Couverture rigide

Renault, Mary

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0394424921 ISBN 13 : 9780394424927

Editeur : Pantheon Books, 1969

Synopsis

This fictionalized biography concentrates on the first twenty years in the life of Alexander the Great

A propos du livre

Présentation de l'éditeur

“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.

Présentation de l'éditeur

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.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Pantheon Books
• Date d'édition: 1969
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0394424921
• ISBN 13: 9780394424927
• Reliure: Relié
• Numéro d'édition: 1
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