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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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Book Details
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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