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Fire from Heaven : A Novel of Alexander the Great

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An edition of Fire from Heaven (1969)

Fire from Heaven : A Novel of Alexander the Great

a Virago Modern Classic

by

  • ★★★★★ 5.0 (1 rating)
  • 62 Want to read
  • 5 Currently reading
  • 3 Have read

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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Little, Brown Book Group Limited
Language
English
Pages
448

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Subjects

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 Stonewall

People

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

Macedonia, Greece, Kings and rulers

Times

Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C., To 168 B.C.

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Cover of: Fire from Heaven : A Novel of Alexander the Great
Fire from Heaven : A Novel of Alexander the Great: a Virago Modern Classic
2025, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
Cover of: Fire from Heaven
Fire from Heaven
2018, Virago
in English
Cover of: Fire from Heaven
Fire from Heaven
2014, Virago
in English
Cover of: Le feu du ciel
Le feu du ciel
1985, Julliard
in French
Cover of: Feuer Vom Olymp
Feuer Vom Olymp
1975, Rowohlt
in German
Cover of: Fire from Heaven
Fire from Heaven
1971, World Books
in English
Cover of: Fire from Heaven
Fire from Heaven
1971, World Books
in English
Cover of: Fire from heaven
Fire from heaven
1971, World Books
in English
Cover of: Fire from heaven
Fire from heaven
1969, Pantheon Books
in English
Cover of: Fire from heaven
Fire from heaven
1969, Pantheon Books
in English
Cover of: Fire from heaven
Fire from heaven
1969, Pantheon Books
in English

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Dewey Decimal Class
823.912

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL57746451M
ISBN 13
9780349018607

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Work ID
OL3906359W

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