[bookshare-discuss] Submitted: Fire from Heaven
- From: "Brian Miller" <brian-r-miller@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 24 Mar 2007 18:33:07 -0800
All,
I have just submitted for validation:
Fire from heaven, by Mary Renault, copyright renewed 2002, approx. 300 pages.
From the book jacket:
In this stunning work of historical fiction, Mary Renault vividly imagines the
world of this charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend.
Fire from Heaven tells the story of Alexander's childhood, when the young boy's
defiant character was molded 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, on whom he depended for the rest of his life, taught
him trust, while Aristotle's tutoring provoked his mind and Homer's Iliad
fueled his aspirations. He killed his first man in battle at the age of twelve
and became the commander of Macedon's cavalry at eighteenby the time his father
was murdered and he acceded to the throne, Alexander's skills had grown to
match his fiery ambition. In Fire from Heaven and two subsequent novels about
Alexander's world, The Persian Boy and Funeral Games, Mary Renault has provided
a thrilling and intimate portrait of one of history's most fascinating figures.
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This is the first of three books, the second two of which Bookshare all ready
has -- it only makes sense to add this first volume.
Brian Miller
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