Annabel Lyon

Felipe de Macedonia le pide a su amigo el filósofo Aristóteles que sea el tutor de su hijo, Alejandro. Aristóteles se resiste dado el carácter rebelde del joven, pero acaba aceptando. Se establece asi una interesante relacion entre el gran filosofo y el sorprendente, carismatico y, a menudo, terrible adolescente. Alejandro, heredero del trono de Macedonia, sera obligado a tomar las armas muy pronto convirtiendose con los años en el legendario Alejandro Magno. Narrado por la extraordinaria voz de Aristoteles, El maestro de Alejandro recrea la Grecia clasica para ofrecernos un magnifico retrato de dos personajes claves de la Historia, el pensador y el conquistador, cuyas vidas siguen teniendo eco en nuestros dias. "El maestro de Alejandro es mucho mas que una hermosa novela narrada de un modo brillante: es tambien una profunda exploracion de aquellas cuestiones morales y filosoficas que turban al ser humano desde tiempos de Aristoteles." Rusell Banks

Lorsqu’en 342 avant Jésus-Christ, Aristote devient précepteur d’Alexandre le Grand, futur roi de Macédoine, la relation qui s’établit est aussi enrichissante pour l’un que pour l’autre. Par ses démon

Narrado por la extraordinaria voz de Aristóteles, El maestro de Alejandro recrea la Grecia clásica para ofrecernos un magnífico retrato de dos personajes claves de la Historia, el pensador y el conquistador, cuyas vidas siguen teniendo eco en nuestros dias.Felipe de Macedonia le pide a su amigo el filosofo Aristoteles que sea el tutor de su hijo, Alejandro. Aristoteles se resiste dado el caracter rebelde del joven, pero acaba aceptando.Se establece asi una interesante relacion entre el gran filosofo y el sorprendente, carismatico y, a menudo, terrible adolescente. Alejandro, heredero del trono de Macedonia, sera obligado a tomar las armas muy pronto convirtiendose con los años en el legendario Alejandro Magno.** Novela ganadora del Rogers Writers Trust Fiction Prize en 2009Reseñas: No habia visto nada igual desde Yo, Claudio. Un triunfo de la erudicion y de la narracion.John Boyne, autor de El niño del pijama a rayasEl maestro de Alejandro es mucho mas que una hermosa novela narrada de un modo brillante: es tambien una profunda exploracion de aquellas cuestiones morales y filosoficas que turban al ser humano desde tiempos de Aristoteles. Russell Banks

READ THE BESTSELLING BOOK SOON TO BE ADAPTED BY NETFLIX AND THE CREATOR OF HEATED RIVALRY!_________________________One of the most convincing historical novels I have ever read HILARY MANTELThrillingGUARDIANGrippingTHE TIMES_________________________This gripping historical novel plunges into the ancient world of Aristotle and his pupil, later thevirtual psychopath and world conqueror, Alexander the Great.Macedon. 367 BC. Philip II is bringing war to Persia. Forged in the warrior culture of Macedonia, the time has come for his young son Alexander to take up his inheritance of blood and obedience to the sword. It is a training that has made the boy sadistic; fiercely brilliant, but unstable. A dangerous trait in a king fated to rule the vastest empire of the ancient world.Compelled to teach this startling, precocious, sometimes horrifying child, Aristotle soon realises that what the boy needs most to learn - thrown before his time onto his fathers battlefields - is the lesson of the golden mean, the elusive balance between extremes that Aristotle hopes will mitigate the boys will to conquer in this age of fighting heroes..._________________________Readers love The Golden MeanReminds me very much of The Song of AchillesTotally absorbingA page turnerIts always a pleasure when an ambitious book succeedsI loved this

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTIONBlistering... The most truthful exploration of sisterhood I have enjoyed since FleabagThe TimesSo, so clever and so concise yet just goes into the most profound issues in such depth Vick Hope, Womens Prize for Fiction Judge 2021 [A] gripping read about sisters, guilt, grief and revenge... I couldnt put it down. Daily MailCompelling... A brave, even dangerous book. Preti Taneja, author of We That Are YoungSaskia and Jenny are twins, alike in appearance only: Saskia has a single-minded focus on her studies, while Jenny is glamorous, thrill-seeking and capricious. Still, when Jenny is severely injured in an accident, Saskia puts her life on hold for her sister.Sara and Mattie are sisters with another difficult dynamic: Mattie needs almost full-time care, while Sara loves nothing more than fine wines, perfumes and expensive clothing, and leaves home at the first opportunity. But when their mother dies, Sara must move Mattie in with her. Gradually, Sara and Saskia learn that both their sisters lives, and indeed their own, have been altered by the devastating actions of one man...In turns razor-sharp, provocative and precise, Consent is a blistering novel of sisters and their knotty relationships, of predatory men and sexual power, of retribution and the thrilling possibilities of revenge.LONGLISTED FOR THE SCOTIABANK GILLER PRIZE

Pythias, la fille dAristote, a été élevée à légal des hommes. Elle fait figure dexception à Athènes, puis en Macédoine où elle est contrainte de sexiler : cest elle, et non son frère cadet, qui assis

NATIONAL BESTSELLERWinner of the Rogers Writers Trust Fiction PrizeFinalist for the Giller Prize and Governor Generals Literary Award for FictionThe startlingly original first novel--now the basis for the forthcoming Netflix series Alexander--by award-winning writer Annabel Lyon reimagining one of historys most intriguing relationships: that between legendary philosopher Aristotle and his most famous pupil, the young Alexander the Great.342 BC: Aristotle is reluctant to set aside his own ambitions in order to tutor Alexander, the rebellious son of his boyhood friend Philip of Macedon. But the philosopher soon comes to realize that teaching this charming, surprising, sometimes horrifying teenager--heir to the Macedonian throne, forced onto the battlefield before his time--is a necessity amid the ever more sinister intrigues of Philips court.Told in the brilliantly rendered voice of Aristotle--keenly intelligent, often darkly funny--The Golden Mean brings ancient Greece to vivid life through the story of this remarkable friendship between two towering figures--innovator and conqueror--whose views of the world still resonate today.

A bold and captivating new novel of ancient Greece, from the celebrated, award-winning author of The Golden Mean.Pythias is her fathers daughter, with eyes his exact shade of unlovely, intelligent grey. A slave to his own curiosity and intellect, Aristotle has never been able to resist wit in another--even in a girl child who should be content with the kitchen, the loom and a life dictated by the womb. And oh his little Pytho is smart, able to best his own students in debate and match wits with a roomful of Athenian philosophers. Is she a freak or a harbinger of what women can really be? Pythias must suffer that argument, but she is also (mostly) secure in her fathers regard.But then Alexander dies a thousand miles from Athens, and sentiment turns against anyone associated with him, most especially his famous Macedonian-born teacher. Aristotle and his family are forced to flee to Chalcis, a garrison town. Ailing, mourning and broken in spirit, Aristotle soon dies. And his orphaned daughter, only 16, finds out that the world is a place of superstition, not logic, and that a girl can be played upon by gods and goddesses, as much as by grown men and women. To safely journey to a place in which she can be everything she truly is, Aristotles daughter will need every ounce of wit she possesses, but also grace and the capacity to love.

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE GILLER PRIZEA sly, sensual, haunting novel about two women whose lives collide when tragedy changes them forever.Saskia and Jenny are twins alike in appearance only: Saskia is a grad student with a single-minded focus on her studies, while Jenny is glamorous, thrill-seeking, and capricious. Still, when Jenny is severely injured in an accident, Saskia puts her life on hold to be with her sister. Sara and Mattie are sisters with another difficult dynamic. Mattie, who is younger, is intellectually disabled. Sara loves nothing more than fine wines, perfumes, and expensive clothing, and leaves home at the first opportunity. But when their mother dies, Sara inherits the duty of caring for her sister. She moves Mattie in with her--but its not long until tragedy strikes. Now, both Sara and Saskia, having been caregivers for so long, find themselves on their own. Yet through a cascade of circumstances as devastating as they are unexpected, these two women will come together. Razor-sharp and profoundly moving, Consent is a thought-provoking exploration of the complexities of familial duty, and of how love can become entangled with guilt, resentment, and regret.

A splendidly intelligent and entertaining (NPR) novel that boldly reimagines one of historys most intriguing relationships: between legendary philosopher Aristotle and his most famous pupil, the young Alexander the GreatIn development as the Netflix original series Alexander, from Heated Rivalry showrunner Jacob TierneyThis quietly ambitious and beautifully achieved novel is one of the most convincing historical novels I have ever read.Hilary Mantel, Booker Awardwinning author of Wolf Hall342 BC: Aristotle is initially reluctant to set aside his own ambitions in order to tutor the rebellious son of his boyhood friend, Philip of Macedon. Still, the philosopher soon realizes that teaching this charming, surprising, and sometimes horrifying teenager is a necessity amid the ever more sinister intrigues of Philips court. But as Alexander grows older and becomes a man who will transform the world for better or for worse, Aristotle, like any teacher, ponders his own culpability.Told in the brilliantly rendered voice of Aristotlekeenly intelligent, often darkly funnyThe Golden Mean brings ancient Greece to vivid life via the story of this remarkable friendship between two towering figures, innovator and conqueror, whose views of the world still resonate today.

From the award-winning author of The Golden Mean, a captivating, wholly transporting new novel that follows Aristotles strong-willed daughter as she shapes her own destiny: an unexpected love story, a tender portrait of a girl and her father, and an astonishing journey through the underbelly of a supposedly enlightened society. Aristotle has never been able to resist a keen mind, and Pythias is certainly her fathers daughter: besting his brightest students, refusing to content herself with a life circumscribed by the kitchen, the loom, and, eventually, a husband. Into her teenage years, she is protected by the reputation of her adored father, but with the death of Alexander the Great, her fortunes suddenly change. Aristotles family is forced to flee Athens for a small town, where the great philosopher soon dies, and orphaned Pythias quickly discovers that the world is not a place of logic after all, but one of superstition. As threats close in on hera rebellious household, capricious gods and goddessesshe will need every ounce of wit she possesses, and the courage to seek refuge where she least expects it.This ebook edition includes a Reading Group Guide.