478 pages
English language
Published April 9, 1977 by Vintage Books.
Fire from heaven
by Mary Renault
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Fire from Heaven is a 1969 historical novel by Mary Renault about the childhood and youth of Alexander the Great. It reportedly was a major inspiration for the Oliver Stone film Alexander.
Subjects
- Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Fiction.
- Philip II, King of Macedonia, 382-336 B.C. -- Fiction.
- Kings and rulers -- Fiction.
- Generals -- Fiction.
- Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. -- Fiction.
- Macedonia -- History -- To 168 B.C. -- Fiction.