by Mary Renault · Salvat Editores, Colección Historias de Grecia y Roma nº 2, 1998, Barcelona. · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434598539
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«Alejandro Magno» is the historical biography by Mary Renault, published by Salvat Editores in 1998 in paperback (255 pages, in Spanish).
The author reconstructs the life of Alexander III of Macedon from his childhood and education under Aristotle to the campaign that led him to conquer the Persian empire and found cities along his route. The narrative combines the portrait of the character, his ambitions and contradictions, with the political and military context of the Greek world in the 4th century BC. It also dwells on his relationship with his father Philip II and with the generals who accompanied him on the expedition to Asia.
The edition belongs to the collection Historias de Grecia y Roma, number 2, and includes a translation by Horacio González Trejo. Mary Renault's original work was published in 1975 under the title «The Nature of Alexander».
Eileen Mary Challans, known by her pen name Mary Renault, was a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.
