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Funeral Games
Funeral Games
Author: Mary Renault
“Renault’s best historical novel yet.... Every detail has solid historical testimony to support it.”–New York Review of Books — After Alexander’s death in 323 B.C .his only direct heirs were two unborn sons and a simpleton half-brother. Every long-simmering faction exploded into the vacuum of power. Wives, di...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780523418261
ISBN-10: 0523418264
Publication Date: 10/1982
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  • Currently 3.6/5 Stars.
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3.6 stars, based on 14 ratings
Publisher: Pinnacle Books
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette
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buzzby avatar reviewed Funeral Games on + 6062 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 2
Could be considered the third in a trilogy about Alexander, after Fire from Heaven and Persian Boy. This one doesn't hold together very well, since it's the story of what happened after Alexander died, and it's basically multiple tragic stories about not very interesting people.
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starrynight avatar reviewed Funeral Games on
Third book of the Renault's trilogy based on the life of Alexander the Great; historical fiction at its best
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Mary Renault has kept me interested with each of her stories of Alexander and the Greek Heroes. I read each one eagerly and dreaded for the story to end. Funeral Games was quite dark (duh ... I should have seen that coming) and left me sorry that I started it, yet I didn't put it down!


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