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Alexander, the God : a novel /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Druon, Maurice, 1918-2009 (Author)
Other Authors: Hare, Humphrey (Translator)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, [1960]
Subjects:
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C. > Fiction.
Macedonia > History > Fiction.
Alexander, > the Great, > 356 B.C.-323 B.C.
Biographical fiction
Historical fiction
Biographical fiction.
Historical fiction.
Table of Contents:
  • Part One
  • Stele for Aristander
  • The Kings of Macedonia
  • The Temple and the book
  • Philip Regent
  • The Time of Ammon
  • Olympias
  • The Wall of Thebes
  • The Unhappy marriage
  • Born under Aries
  • The First rays of dawn
  • The Fire at Ephesus
  • The Arrow of Ammon
  • The Second potter
  • Cleitus and Arrhidaeus
  • The Enemy within us
  • Achilles and the silver ball
  • Speech and the word
  • Demosthenes
  • The Transmission of knowledge
  • Aristotle for a horse
  • Part Two
  • A Pharaoh is foretold
  • From Perinthus to the Regency
  • Modesty
  • Callixene
  • Lands and kings
  • Demosthenes' war
  • Dialogue
  • Athens
  • Corruption
  • The Niece of Attalus
  • Royal souls
  • The Bad year
  • Counsel
  • The Thickness of a breast
  • The Son of Ammon
  • The Path of the lightning
  • The Man with the golden knife
  • The Festival of the Muses
  • Part Three
  • The Kingdom of the Persians
  • The Battle of Achilles
  • Gordius' Waggon
  • The Road to Triumph
  • The Names of the kings
  • The Camp of Darius
  • Briseis
  • The Daughter of Artabazus
  • Sirius
  • The Labours of Heracles
  • Temptation
  • The Gates of Egypt
  • The Prophecy of Jerusalem
  • Pharaoh
  • Alexandria
  • The Desert oracle
  • Rumors from the Orient
  • The Victory of the ram
  • Babylon
  • Part Four
  • The Thrones of Persia
  • Hate
  • In pursuit of Darius
  • The End of Parmenio
  • The Positions of the stars
  • Alexandria Ultima
  • Dionysus
  • The Death of Cleitus
  • Demi-gods
  • Roxana
  • The War of elephants
  • The Speech by the river
  • The Mallian's arrow
  • The Indus and the ocean
  • The Sands of death
  • Calanus and his pyre
  • The Oriental marriage
  • The Death of Patroclus
  • The Last prophecies
  • The Sun sets in Babylon
  • Stele for Alexander
  • Bibliography
  • Historical notes
  • Chronology.