Bring Down the Sun (Alexander the Great)
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| Rating | : | 4.75 (894 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0765303981 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 224 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-07-16 |
| Language | : | English |
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Alexander the Great ruled the greatest Empire of the ancient world, but he was ruled by his mother, called Olympias. There are as many legends about this powerful Queen as there are of her famous son, and the stories began long before she even met Philip of Macedon.Priestess of the Great Goddess, daughter of ruling house of Epiros, witch, and familiar of Serpentsshe was a figure of mystery, fascination, and fear even during her own lifetime. Author Judith Tarr weaves the legends into an intensely romantic fantasy novel set in ancient Greece and Macedon.
Not Wow'd K. Kochevar The book cover got my attention and the write-up about this story sounded like it would be a great read. I was really disappointed.Ok, I have to admit I just finished reading the final book in Jacqueline Carey's Kushiels Legacy trilogy (awesome!), and I was hoping to find a similar caliber of story and quality of writing style in Bring Down The Sun. That didn't happen. Didn't even come close.The story had moments of good momentum which I kept hoping it would maintain. But often I would get lost in the much too detailed thoughts of the. "engaging biographical fiction" according to A Customer. The flirtatious Polyxena knows she is a beauty and acts accordingly though that is not normal behavior of an acolyte of the Mother goddess. When Philip of Macedon meets the enticing playful Polyxena, he is enchanted by her beauty and her sexual lure. He calls her Myrtale the "crowned one" and pledges to make her his queen when he becomes king.No longer using the name Polyxena, Myrtale ruthlessly uses her sexual appeal and her connection to the Mother goddess to further the ambitions of her now husband Philip. Her plan is to do likewis. "Judith Tarr writes wonderful historical fantasy" according to Morgan Dhu. Judith Tarr writes wonderful historical fantasy. She takes real characters, places and times, and tells a story that builds on is known about them, imbuing the tale with the mystery of gods and magic.In Bring Down the Sun, Tarr tells a story about Olympias (also known as Polyxena and Myrtale), the mother of Alexander the Great, following the outlines of her life as recorded by Plutarch, several centuries after her death. The magic enters the tale from the beginning, with the young Polyxena being raised to be a priestess in a Triple Go
All rights reserved. Tarr (Queen of the s) opens with a weak segment on the queen's early days as Polyxena, an impossibly beautiful and rather childish acolyte of the Mother goddess. (June)Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. From Publishers Weekly Ancient history and violent religious myth collide in this romantic fantasy-tinged biography of Myrtale, the imposing, powerful mother of Alexander the Great. As temples and kingdoms plot and quarrel, Myrtale mercilessly wields the authority of the retiring goddess and her own sexuality to further her ambitions for her husband and her son. (The book ends with Alexander's b