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Bezig met laden... Funeral Games (1981)door Mary Renault
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Meld je aan bij LibraryThing om erachter te komen of je dit boek goed zult vinden. Op dit moment geen Discussie gesprekken over dit boek. Dritter Teil einer meisterhaften Roman-Trilogie zu Alexander dem Großen. Vielleicht nicht der schönste und berührendste, aber ein sicherlich äußerst interessanter Teil der Roman-Trilogie um Alexander den Großen. Dort wo die meisten Geschichten um Alexander bereits zu Ende sind, setzt dieses Buch an. Wir erhalten wir eine Darstellung der Zeit um und nach dem Tod des Feldherrn und Großkönigs und begegnen erneut den verbliebenen Gefährten und Kontrahenten aus den beiden vorangegangenen Teilen der Trilogie. Wie verheißt der Rückseitentext so schön: "Der Kampf um die Nachfolge des großen Alexander hat begonnen" The first two novels in Renault's Alexander trilogy, Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy, were outstanding. Funeral Games, however, lacks the strong narrative voice or central character of the first two; not only does Alexander die early in the novel, but the point of view shifts throughout the novel, following various characters as they scheme to hold onto as much as they can of Alexander's empire. Characters are introduced or brought back onstage from the previous books, grasp for power, and are murdered, but the restrictions of historical events make this more of a sequence of events than a coherent plot. It's not a bad book, but not a great one. geen besprekingen | voeg een bespreking toe
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“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, distant relatives, and generals all vied for the loyalty of the increasingly undisciplined Macedonian army. Most failed and were killed in the attempt. For no one possessed the leadership to keep the great empire from crumbling. But Alexander’s legend endured to spread into worlds he had seen only in dreams. Geen bibliotheekbeschrijvingen gevonden. |
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Google Books — Bezig met laden... GenresDewey Decimale Classificatie (DDC)823.912Literature English & Old English literatures English fiction Modern Period 1901-1999 1901-1945LC-classificatieWaarderingGemiddelde:
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This is the final book in Mary Renault's Alexander trilogy, following "Fire From Heaven" and "The Persian Boy," neither of which I've read. ( )