Funeral games
By: Mary Renault.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 335
Subjects: Alexander, the Great, 356-323 B.C. -- Death and burial -- Fiction.; Greece -- History -- Macedonian Hegemony, 323-281 B.C. -- Sources.
Genres: Fiction.; Sources.
Description: 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.
Notes: "A novel of Alexander the Great"--Cover.