An edition of Fire from Heaven
(1969)
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.
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Kings and rulers, Generals, Open Library Staff Picks, Fiction, History, Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Fiction., Alexander, the Great, Alexander, Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01353599, Fiction, general, 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., LGBTQ fiction before StonewallPeople
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C), Philip II King of Macedonia (382-336 B.C), Philip II King of Macedonia (382 B.C.-336 B.C), Alexander the Great (356 B.C.-323 B.C)Places
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Fire from Heaven : A Novel of Alexander the Great: a Virago Modern Classic
2025, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Fire from Heaven : A Novel of Alexander the Great: a Virago Modern Classic
2014, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
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Fuego del Paraíso: Trilogía de Alejandro Magno I
1991, Círculo de Lectores, S.A.
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Fire from Heaven. [Historical Novel of Alexander's Life, from Childhood to the Age of 20].
1969-01-01, Pantheon Books/Div. of Random House
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