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Fire from Heaven

Fire from Heaven is a 1969 historical novel by Mary Renault about the childhood and youth of Alexander the Great. It reportedly was a major inspiration for the Oliver Stone film Alexander. The book was nominated for the “Lost Man Booker Prize” of 1970, ""a contest delayed by 40 years because a reshuffling of the fledgeling competition’s rules"", but lost out to Troubles by J. G. Farrell.
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