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Fire from Heaven

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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.

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Mary Renault

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History Fiction Fiction, general open library staff picks LGBTQ fiction before Stonewall Kings and rulers Generals Kings and rulers -- Fiction Alexander Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01353599 Generals -- Fiction. Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Fiction. Macedonia -- History -- To 168 B.C. -- Fiction. Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C. -- Fiction. Philip II, King of Macedonia, 382-336 B.C. -- Fiction. Alexander, the Great

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