“Mary Renault's Alexander the Great Triad ends with "Funeral Games."

Alexander the Great has died; from the moment of his death, the cohesive force that was the Macedonian army is no more, and his generals, wife, and enemies fight for prominence—a well as a young woman unmentioned in Renault's previous novels.

Once again, Renault brings us deep into that time, so deep we can almost see each character before us; her writing is clear, yet layered in its concise, literary...”

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