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Alexander Trilogy #3
The Warrior
Alexander, the only son of Alexander the Great, finds his destiny in the form of a beautiful slave girl named Kiara, whom he encounters in Egypt, and as their powerful love grows, betrayal and danger threaten to tear them apart. Original.
358 pages, Paperback
Published January 1, 2005
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Judith E. French
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Judith E. French captures the essence of passion and brings her special characters alive on every page. A multiple award winner, including RT's Historical Romance Lifetime Achievement Author, Best Historical Author of the Year, The PEARL award for Best Anthology, and The Delaware Diamond Award for Literary Excellence, she is best known for her American frontier historical fiction. A master storyteller, she finds inspiration in her Scottish, Irish, Welsh, English and Lenni-Lenape ancestry near Chesapeake Bay, where the French family has made its home for more than 300 years. Judith’s novels have sold millions and been translated into French, Spanish, German, Italian, Swedish, Norwegian, Bulgarian, and Mandarin. She appeals to readers of Christi Caldwell, Mary Balogh, C. J. Petit, Shirleen Davies, Karen Kay, Madeline Baker, Elle Marlow, Ellen O'Connell, Vonna Harper, Kathryn Le Veque, Colleen French, Julie Garwood, Cecelia Mecca, Caroline Fyffe, and Hannah Howell. She is the mother of bestselling novelist Colleen French.
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August 9, 2014
Exciting Story Set in the Ancient World of Egypt, Central Asia and Ireland
Set in Ireland, Egypt and the Two Kingdoms (Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asia) circa 298 BC, twenty-five years after the death of Alexander the Great, this is the story of his son, also named Alexander.
Alexander was raised in Bactria by his stepfather, a warrior and a family man. When Alexander comes of age and is ready to become king of the Two Kingdoms, he decides to take as his wife Mereret, the daughter of Queen Artakama and King Ptolemy in Egypt, his uncle, this despite his mother’s misgivings that he will come to harm. Indeed he does. Potolemy, urged on by his scheming wife and daughter, plans to kill Alexander.
But a comely slave girl, Kiara of the Misty Isles, rescues him from a pyramid crypt where he is left to die. For her effort, she wants Alexander to return her to her own land, Eire, where she was taken into captivity as a young girl.
French delivers an action-packed tale with treachery, mystery and intrigue, though the romance between Alexander and Kiara comes late in the book, and suddenly. The historical setting is fascinating. While (according to historical record), Alexander the Great’s son was murdered by his grandmother’s minions after Roxanne and their child were locked in a cave in Greece or Macedonia, the Shahs of Iran claimed direct descent from Alexander the Great through Roxanne’s son Alexander. Thus, French had a basis for rescuing Roxanne and Alexander. (In THE CONQUEROR, Roxanne switches infants at Alexander’s birth and sends her son home to Bactria.)
While you can read this as a stand alone, I recommend reading the trilogy in order:
THE CONQUEROR
THE BARBARIAN
THE WARRIOR
Set in Ireland, Egypt and the Two Kingdoms (Bactria and Sogdiana in Central Asia) circa 298 BC, twenty-five years after the death of Alexander the Great, this is the story of his son, also named Alexander.
Alexander was raised in Bactria by his stepfather, a warrior and a family man. When Alexander comes of age and is ready to become king of the Two Kingdoms, he decides to take as his wife Mereret, the daughter of Queen Artakama and King Ptolemy in Egypt, his uncle, this despite his mother’s misgivings that he will come to harm. Indeed he does. Potolemy, urged on by his scheming wife and daughter, plans to kill Alexander.
But a comely slave girl, Kiara of the Misty Isles, rescues him from a pyramid crypt where he is left to die. For her effort, she wants Alexander to return her to her own land, Eire, where she was taken into captivity as a young girl.
French delivers an action-packed tale with treachery, mystery and intrigue, though the romance between Alexander and Kiara comes late in the book, and suddenly. The historical setting is fascinating. While (according to historical record), Alexander the Great’s son was murdered by his grandmother’s minions after Roxanne and their child were locked in a cave in Greece or Macedonia, the Shahs of Iran claimed direct descent from Alexander the Great through Roxanne’s son Alexander. Thus, French had a basis for rescuing Roxanne and Alexander. (In THE CONQUEROR, Roxanne switches infants at Alexander’s birth and sends her son home to Bactria.)
While you can read this as a stand alone, I recommend reading the trilogy in order:
THE CONQUEROR
THE BARBARIAN
THE WARRIOR
September 25, 2020
Very slow starting out but once it gets going I found it highly addictive and could not put down. Was not a fan of the ending; it felt very rushed to me.
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November 16, 2016Edited: 16, November 2016
What. Ever. Did not finish.
What. Ever. Did not finish.
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