Fire from Heaven - Brossura

Renault, Mary

Brossura

ISBN 10: 0394722914 ISBN 13: 9780394722917

Casa editrice: Random House Inc, 1977

Riassunto

During his first twenty years of life, Alexander the Great is torn between admiration, hatred, and love for his father, asserts his independence from his mother's jealous love, is tutored by Aristotle, and becomes king of Macedon

Su questo libro

L'autore:

Mary Renault was born in London and educated at Oxford. She then trained for three years as a nurse, and wrote her first published novel, Promise of Love. Her next three novels were written while serving in WWII. After the war, she settled in South Africa and traveled considerably in Africa and Greece. It was at this time that she began writing her brilliant historical reconstructions of ancient Greece, including The King Must Die, The Last of the Wine, and The Persian Boy. She died in Cape Town in 1983.
From the Trade Paperback edition.

Dalla seconda/terza di copertina:

young Alexander the Great.

Su questa edizione

• Editore: Random House Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 1977
• ISBN 10: 0394722914
• ISBN 13: 9780394722917
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 478