Fire from Heaven
- 448 stránok
- 16 hodin čítania
In the first novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend.
Alexandrovská trilógia Séria
Táto epická sága pohlcuje čitateľov do búrlivého života jedného z najväčších vojvodcov histórie. Sledujte jeho vzostup od mladého princa, formovaného intrigami a vojnou, až po nesmrteľného kráľa, ktorý si podmanil svet. Príbeh skúma témy ambícií, lásky, zrady a zanecháva nezmazateľnú stopu na formovaní západnej civilizácie. Je to pútavá cesta plná bitiek, politiky a osobných drám.
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The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander’s life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with Alexander after the Macedon army conquered his homeland.Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes-mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper. After Alexander’s mysterious death, we are left wondering if this Persian boy understood the great warrior and his ambitions better than anyone.
Funeral Games
- 284 stránok
- 10 hodin čítania
As Funeral Games opens, Alexander the Great lies dying. Around his body gather the generals, the provincial satraps and the royal wives, already competing for the prizes of power and land. Only Bagoas, the Persian boy mourning in the shadows, wants nothing. Tracing the events of the fifteen years following Alexander's death, Funeral Games sees his mighty empire disintegrate, and brings Mary Renault's Alexander trilogy to a dramatic close.