Fire from Heaven - Mary Renault

''The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault''s finest writing. Lyrical, wise, compelling: the novels are a wonderful imaginative feat'' SARAH WATERS''The Alexandriad is one of the twentieth century''s most unexpectedly original works of art'' GORE VIDALIn the first novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend.Alexander''s beauty, strength and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. His mother, Olympias, and his father, K
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