Funeral Games

Renaults best historical novel yet.... Every detail has solid historicaltestimony to support it.New York Review of Books After Alexanders death in 323 B.C .his ... » 

Renaults best historical novel yet.... Every detail has solid historicaltestimony to support it.New York Review of Books After Alexanders death in 323 B.C .his only direct heirs were two unborn sonsand a simpleton halfbrother. Every longsimmering faction exploded into thevacuum of power. Wives distant relatives and generals all vied for theloyalty of the increasingly undisciplined Macedonian army. Most failed and werekilled in the attempt. For no one possessed the leadership to keep the greatempire from crumbling. But Alexanders legend endured to spread into worlds hehad seen only in dreams. «