As Tarr points out in a well-documented author's note, there are numerous scholarly works on Alexander, but relatively few recent novels. She lists Mary Renault's trilogy of Alexander novels (Fire from Heaven, 1969; The Persian Boy, 1972; and Funeral Games, 1981) as a predecessor. Another is Melissa Scott's A Choice of Destinies (1986). A modern novel about Alexander's chief of staff Parmenion is Dark Prince (1993), by David Gemmell.
The historical novel formerly encompassed a large genre. Almost as many were published annually as novels in the realistic contemporary mode. During the 1970s and beyond,.....
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