The Novels of Alexander the Great (Fire from Heaven; The Persian Boy; Funeral Games)

An omnibus of novels by Mary Renault."Fire From Heaven": At 20, when his reign began, Alexander the Great was already a seasoned soldier and a complex, passionate man. This novel tells the story of the boy Alexander, and the years that shaped him."The Persian Boy": This novel tells the story of the climactic last seven years of Alexander the Great's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas, a eunoch who was sold to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with the great general, sustaining Alexander through mutiny, assassination attempts and two wives."Funeral Games": As Alexander the Great lies dying, around his body gather the generals, satraps and royal wives, already competing for his power and land, only Bagoas, the Persian boy, mourns. Tracing the events of the 15 years after Alexander's death, this novel sees his empire disintegrate. This is Mary Renault's masterly evocation of ancient Greece and Alexander the conqueror, beautiful, beloved - and flawed. Now published for the first time in one volume. In Fire From Heaven a young Alexander unravels the mysteries of a violent adult world and discovers the divinity deep within him. Later, as he conquers ever eastwards, the love between him and Bagoas is immortalised in The Persian Boy . Then, as death comes to Alexander in Funeral Games , the human vultures gather round.