Fire from heaven.

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Hardcover, 375 pages

English language

Published April 9, 1969 by Pantheon Books.

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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.

7 editions

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.