See review or more info at Powell's BooksĬhild of a Dream by Valerio Massimo Manfredi (1998), #1 in the author's Alexander trilogy. The Golden Mean by Annabel Lyon (2010), about Aristotle, who reluctantly accepts Philip of Macedon's request that he tutor Philip's son Alexander. (1969, 375 pages) More about Fire from Heaven at Powell's Books, or The Book Depositoryįire from Heaven appears on the list of The 36 Best Historical Novels for a Survey of Ancient Greek History Of the known world, seems unlikely ever to be surpassed. Heaven, delving deep into the heart of the boy who would someday rule most Than one to get a full perspective on those remarkable deeds. Portray the adult accomplishments of Alexander the Great, and it takes more Novel without an ardent desire to know what happens next. It's almost unthinkable that anyone could read this To begin, is his emergence as a leader of men, in love with both honor and aīurning dream of glory. Just as important as the sequence of events that puts Alexander on the throneĪt the moment his father's long-planned invasion of the Persian Empire is about Political steps that will end in the defeat in battle of the united Thebans andĪthenians, and the plots and feuds that will lead to Philip's assassination. In this novel Renault sets aside her more usualįirst-person viewpoint to round out Alexander's perspective with those of hisįriend and lover Hephaestion and an assortment of others. With prodigies, it is what he learns on his own that sets him apart. Young prince learns much from a succession of tutors, but as is always the case Smaller-scale battles, some literal, many others waged within his soul. The vision that would lead to historic victories reveals itself here in It is a story of a brilliant mind andįierce spirit finding its way in a world defined by fundamental conflictsīetween his father, the King of Macedon, and his violently jealous mother, andīetween growing Macedonian power and opposition from the traditional Greek Macedon, tracing the emergence of gifts that would lead in manhood to world-shakingĪccomplishments and everlasting fame as Alexander the Great. Tells the story of the childhood and coming of age of Prince Alexander of
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