Before his birth, omens foretold that Alexander, son of the warrior-king Philip of Macedonia, was destined for greatness. From boyhood, the prince was trained by the finest scholars and mightiest soldiers to attain extraordinary strength of body and spirit. A descendant of Heracles and Achilles, Alexander aimed to …
Alexander de Grote Het epos van een legendarische held De Italiaanse auteur en historicus Valerio Massimo Manfredi schreef een groots opgezette roman over het leven van Alexander de Grote. De roman bestaat uit drie delen: De zoon van de droom, Het zand van Amon en De grens van de wereld. Alexander de Grote: koning, …
The Last Legion is a novel by the Italian author Valerio Massimo Manfredi. It was first published in 2002.
Spartan is a historical fiction novel written by the Italian writer Valerio Massimo Manfredi in 1988. It tells the enchanting tale of two Spartan brothers: Brithos, the elder of the two, a strong and healthy boy and Talos, a crippled and weak. Because of the rigorous Spartan laws, Talos must be sacrificed to the …