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Sep 10, 2013 · New York Times Bestseller and Man Booker Prize Finalist: A novel of ancient Greece by the author Hilary Mantel calls “a shining light.” Alexander the Great stands alone as a leader and strategist, and Fire from Heaven is Mary Renault’s unsurpassed dramatization of the formative years of his life.
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Sep 10, 2013 · There, Renault wrote the historical novels that would define her career. In 2006, Renault was the subject of a BBC 4 documentary, and her books, many of which remain in print on both sides of the Atlantic, are often sought after for radio and dramatic interpretation. In 2010, Fire From Heaven was shortlisted for the 1970 Lost Booker prize.
January 30, 2022. Fire from Heaven (Alexander the Great #1), Mary Renault. 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. Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that ...
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Jul 9, 2019 · When Alex woke up, he started telling his family about visions of seeing heaven, angels and even God, and those visions make up the bulk of the story. The book was a big success in the Christian market, selling over a million copies and kicking off a wave of “Heavenly tourism” books that did big business at the time.
Books. Fire from Heaven. Written by Mary Renault. At 20, when his reign began, Alexander the Great was already a seasoned soldier and a complex man. Mary Renault explores the years that shaped him. Resolute, fearless and the inheritor of a striking beauty, Alexander still needed much to make him ‘Great’. He must survive - though with ...
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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 . The book was nominated for the " Lost Man Booker Prize " of 1970, "a contest delayed by 40 years because a reshuffling of the fledgeling competition's rules", [ 1 ] but lost out to Troubles by J. G. Farrell .
