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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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Publisher
Penguin
Language
English
Pages
376

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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.
People
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C), Philip II King of Macedonia (382-336 B.C)
Places
Macedonia, Greece, Kings and rulers
Times
Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C., To 168 B.C.

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Fire from heaven
2003, Arrow Books
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Fire from heaven
2002, Vintage Books
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Fire from heaven
1983, Penguin Books
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Fire from heaven
1977, Vintage Books
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Fire from heaven
1972, Penguin
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Fire from heaven.
1970, Longmans
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Fire from heaven
1970, Longmans
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Fire from heaven.
1969, Pantheon Books
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Fire from heaven.
1969, Pantheon
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Fire from heaven.
1969, Pantheon Books
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First Sentence

"The child was wakened by the knotting of the snake's coils about his waist."

Edition Notes

Based on the life of Alexander the Great.

Originally published, Harlow: Longman, 1970.

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Harmondsworth
Genre
Historical fiction.

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
823/.9/1F
Library of Congress
PZ3.R2913 FI3

The Physical Object

Pagination
376p.
Number of pages
376

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL14944802M
ISBN 10
0140032223
Library Thing
2529
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1103642

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September 16, 2008 Created by ImportBot Imported from Talis MARC record.