Manfredi, Valerio Massimo: Alexander - Child of a Dream. First Edition/First Printing.

This is a first edition and first printing of Alexander: Child of a Dream by Valerio Massimo Manfredi, published by Macmillan in 2001.

The book and protected dust jacket are in Near Fine condition with no inscriptions and not price clipped.

Description:

The first title in an international blockbuster trilogy of brutal passion and grand adventure in ancient Greece. This is the story of a boy, born to a great king - Philip of Macedon - and his sensuous queen, Olympias. It tells of the stem discipline of Philip and the wild passions of Olympias, and how, together, they formed Alexander, a young man of immense, unfathomable potential, capable of subjugating the known world to his power, and thought of by his contemporaries as a god. Alexander's swift ascent to manhood, as a protege of Aristotle and close friend of Ptolemy and Hephiaston, and the start of his great adventure to conquer the civilised world is recounted in this awe-inspiring novel. This is a wonderful evocation of the far-off and fascinating civilisation of ancient Greece, revealed in vibrant tones and scholarly detail.