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Funeral Games

Funeral Games

by Mary Renault

FictionDeath and burialHistorySourcesAlexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Death and burial -- Fiction
4.5
Open Library
Open Library

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As Funeral Games opens, Alexander the Great lies dying. Around his body gather the generals, the provincial satraps and the royal wives, already competing for the prizes of power and land. Only Bagoas, the Persian boy mourning in the shadows, wants nothing. Tracing the events of the fifteen years following Alexander's death, Funeral Games sees his mighty empire disintegrate, and brings Mary Renault's Alexander trilogy to a dramatic close.

Themes & subjects

FictionDeath and burialHistorySourcesAlexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Death and burial -- FictionGreece -- History -- Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C. -- Sources

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GreeceMacedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C.

About the author

Mary Renault
Mary Renault

4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983

**Eileen Mary Challans** (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name *Mary Renault* (/ˈrɛnoʊlt/), was an English writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. Born in Forest Gate in 1905, she attended St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1924 until 1928. After graduating from St Hugh's with a Third Class in English, she worked as a nurse and began writing her first novels, which were contemporary romances. In 1948, she moved to South Africa with her partner Julie Mullard, where she spent the rest of her life. Living in South Africa allowed her to write about openly gay characters without fearing the censorship and homophobia of England. She devoted herself…

Author

Mary Renault

Pages

334

Read time

≈ 8h

Editions

24

Languages

English, Hebrew

Publisher

Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

ISBN

9780349018638

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