An edition of Fire from Heaven (1969)

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An edition of Fire from Heaven (1969)

Fire from heaven

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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., 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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Fire from Heaven
2018, Virago
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Fire from Heaven
2014, Virago
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Le feu du ciel
1985, Julliard
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Feuer Vom Olymp
1975, Rowohlt
in German
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Fire from heaven
1972, Penguin
in English
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Fire from Heaven
1971, World Books
in English
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Fire from Heaven
1971, World Books
in English
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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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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.

Published in
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

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL14944802M
ISBN 10
0140032223
LibraryThing
2529
Goodreads
1103642

Work Identifiers

Work ID
OL3906359W

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