Take a photo of a barcode or cover
wellington299 's review for:
The Conqueror's Wife: A Novel of Alexander the Great
by Stephanie Marie Thornton
Finally, a book on Alexander the Great that I actually liked - almost loved. Told by 4 people in the first person: Thessalonike his half-sister, the Persian princess Drypetis, Roxana daughter of a minor Persian nobleman, and Hephaestion, his best friend and lover, this book put Alexander in a much darker light as, not a god, but a man.
The book boasts about the women in Alexander's life and one of the four narrators is man, Hephaestion. Unlike a lot of reviewers, I found the narrators too similar in voice and tone - so much snark and fight in them. I would have loved to hear from Stateira, the more demure Persian Princess or the conniving Olympias, Alexander's mom.
At 496 pages, it's a lot of book. It's a lot of good book and I learned a lot. I rather liked the name of Roxanne ... now after learning more about Roxanne and her deeds, that name has dropped a lot in my book.
The book boasts about the women in Alexander's life and one of the four narrators is man, Hephaestion. Unlike a lot of reviewers, I found the narrators too similar in voice and tone - so much snark and fight in them. I would have loved to hear from Stateira, the more demure Persian Princess or the conniving Olympias, Alexander's mom.
At 496 pages, it's a lot of book. It's a lot of good book and I learned a lot. I rather liked the name of Roxanne ... now after learning more about Roxanne and her deeds, that name has dropped a lot in my book.