Funeral Games
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
2 September 2002
Summary
After Alexander’s death in 323 B.C., his only direct heirs were two unborn sons and a simpleton half-brother. Every long-simmering faction exploded into the vacuum of power. Wives, distant relatives, and generals all vied for the loyalty of the increasingly undisciplined Macedonian army. Most failed and were killed in the attempt. For no one possessed the leadership to keep the great empire from crumbling. But Alexander’s legend endured to spread into worlds he had seen only in dreams.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780375714191 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0375714197 |
| Author: | Mary Renault |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 2 September 2002 |
| Weight: | 306g |
| Dimensions: | 203mm x 132mm x 21mm |
| Series: | The Alexander Trilogy |
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“Renault’s best historical novel yet…Every detail has solid historical testimony to support it” The New York Review of Books
About The Author
Mary Renault
Mary Renault was born in London and educated at Oxford. She then trained for three years as a nurse and wrote her first published novel, Promise of Love. Her next three novels were written while serving in WWII. After the war, she settled in South Africa and traveled considerably in Africa and Greece. It was at this time that she began writing her brilliant historical reconstructions of ancient Greece, including The King Must Die, The Last of the Wine, and The Persian Boy. She died in Cape Town in 1983.
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