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Renault, Mary.
The Alexander Trilogy. Fire From Heaven [with] The Persian Boy [and] Funeral Games. [Three volume set in slipcase]
Publisher: The Folio Society, London;
Date of Publication: 2013
Stock Code: 14198
First thus. Three volumes, large octavo, pp., 1152. Publisher’s black cloth covered boards, with white and orange illustrations blocked to boards. White titles and motifs to spine, with orange bands. Housed in a black slipcase with white and orange Greek stylised titles. Illustrated throughout. As new, in plastic wrapper. An attractive set of The Alexander Trilogy, a series of fictionalised accounts of the life and legacy of Alexander the Great. His childhood and youth is set out in Booker Prize nominated Fire from Heaven (1969), reportedly a major inspiration for the Oliver Stone film ‘Alexander’. The Persian Boy (1972) is narrated by Bagoas, a young Persian from an aristocratic family who is captured and sold as a slave to king Darius III, eventually becoming the lover and servant of Alexander after his defeat of Darius. Funeral Games (1981) deals with the death of Alexander, the disintegration of his empire, and the wars over his succession. Oxford educated Eileen Mary Challans (1905 –1983) wrote under the pen name Mary Renault and is best recognised for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. Heavyweight, so an additional postage contribution may be requested for shipping to overseas addresses.

£150.00