Child of a Dream
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4.8 • 10 Ratings
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- £4.99
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- £4.99
Publisher Description
Alexander: Child of a Dream is Valerio Massimo Manfredi's magnificent story of one of history's greatest characters and his quest to conquer the civilized world.
Who could have been born to conquer the world other than a god?
Mesmeric beauty, consuming desires, an insatiable hunger. Then premature death. This is the story of a boy, born to a great king – Philip of Macedon – and his sensuous queen, Olympias. It tells of the stern discipline of Philip and the wild passions of Olympias, and how, together, they formed Alexander, a young man of immense, unfathomable potential, capable of subjugating the known world to his power, and thought of by his contemporaries as a god.
Alexander's swift ascent to manhood, as a protégé of Aristotle and close friend of Ptolemy and Hephiaeston, and the start of his great adventure to conquer the civilized world is recounted in this awe-inspiring novel.
This is a wonderful evocation of the far-off and fascinating civilization of ancient Greece, revealed in vibrant tones and scholarly detail.
Customer Reviews
A must read
A brilliant book recommended to me in a charity shop, I am buying the second book now. Ben Kane is a similar author as is conn iggulden.
Brilliant!
I read this book as a paperback and could not put it down (the author draws you in like Conn Iggulden), however I do really enjoy historical fiction! I'm now going to buy the second in the series on IBooks.