In Funeral Games, a bloody struggle for power rages after the death ofAlexander, leaving an empire that extends from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River. The result is a riveting account of a great conqueror’s years of triumph and, ultimately, heartbreak. This passion comes at a time when much is at stake-Alexander has two wives, conflicts are ablaze, and plots on his life abound. Then, when Alexander conquers the land, he is given Bagoas as a gift, and the boy is besotted. When Bagoas is very young, his father is murdered and he is sold as a slave to King Darius of Persia. The iconic Persian Boy centers on the Macedon king as seen through the eyes of his lover and most faithful attendant, the eunuch Bagoas. Coming of age during the battles for southern Greece, Alexander the Great first takes someone’s life at age twelve and swiftly eliminates his rivals as soon as he comes to power, emerging in this novel as a captivating and complex figure. The story tells of his complex relationship with his parents of his two great bonds-to his horse, Oxhead, and to his dearest friend and eventual lover, Hephaistion-and of the army he commands when he is barely an adult. A New York Times–bestselling trilogy about the ancient Greek kingdom of Macedon and its leader from an author hailed by Hilary Mantel as “a shining light.”įire from Heaven is a gripping account of the formative years of Alexander’s life.
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