{"product_id":"daimon-a-novel-of-alexander-the-great-paperback","title":"Daimon: A Novel of Alexander the Great - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eGeorgette Gouveia\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe was a romantic and a realist, a lover of strong women and beautiful men. And though he was at one time the richest, most powerful man in the world, his most prized possession was a book -- Homer's The Iliad, annotated by his tutor, Aristotle. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eMost of all, he was as much a myth as a man and a mystery ... even to himself. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWhen Alexander the Great died in Babylon in 323 B.C. a month shy of his 33rd birthday and after conquering and reordering Persia, he left a sprawling empire and a burning question: What drove him? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore Alexander, culture flowed East to West. After, it would flow West to East, and we are the heirs of the continuing tension between the two. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this historical novel, Alexander encounters the only two enemies he cannot defeat: death and time. Surrendering to both, he considers a life that attempted to bridge seemingly irreconcilable opposites -- East and West, Persians and Greeks, a brutal father and a ruthless mother, a wily wife and a male soulmate. And above all, a tempered mind and ungovernable passions.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 242\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.51 x 8 x 5.25 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 12, 2019\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42163750011015,"sku":"9781674597256","price":20.23,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/2623\/2711\/files\/ae82111d4c8139337f86fda95256487c.webp?v=1733299744","url":"https:\/\/booksby.splitshops.com\/products\/daimon-a-novel-of-alexander-the-great-paperback","provider":"Books by splitShops","version":"1.0","type":"link"}