I am the Great Horse
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I am the Great Horse is a general fiction
novel by Katherine Roberts
, published in August, 2006 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens
. It is about the life of Alexander the Great, told from the point of view of his horse, Bucephalus
.
The pair meet in Pella
, Macedonia, and Alexander manages to be the only rider on Bucephalus after a battle in which Bucephalas lost his left eye by an enemy pike.
Katherine Roberts acknowledges that the characters Charmia and Tydeos, both grooms in the royal stable, were fiction, as was the evil horsemaster.
The names of the other horses are also fiction, though the horses themselves were real enough. Prince Ochus, King Darius
's son, was given a larger part than most records do, and the ghosts that Bucephalus often sees are also fiction.
From the moment the battle-scarred horse Bucephalas allows a prince and a runaway girl to sit on his back, he is bound to them for ever. The prince is the young Alexander the Great, who he proudly carries into battle, blazing a trail to the very edge of the world in master's search for glory and adventure. The girl, Charm, is a lowly stable hand, who brushes away the ghosts Bucephalas sees and forgives his arrogant ways. But unlike Alexander, Charm has darker reasons to stay by his side.
Through the eyes of the horse, history, mystery and adventure unfold.
Fiction
Fiction is the form of any narrative or informative work that deals, in part or in whole, with information or events that are not factual, but rather, imaginary—that is, invented by the author. Although fiction describes a major branch of literary work, it may also refer to theatrical,...
novel by Katherine Roberts
Katherine Roberts
Katherine Roberts is an English author, best known for her fantasy trilogy The Echorium Sequence. She was born in Torquay, England and spent most of her childhood in Devon and Cornwall, England...
, published in August, 2006 by The Chicken House and aimed at teens
Adolescence
Adolescence is a transitional stage of physical and mental human development generally occurring between puberty and legal adulthood , but largely characterized as beginning and ending with the teenage stage...
. It is about the life of Alexander the Great, told from the point of view of his horse, Bucephalus
Bucephalus
Bucephalus or Bucephalas was Alexander the Great's horse and one of the most famous actual horses of antiquity. Ancient accounts state that Bucephalus died after the Battle of the Hydaspes in 326 BC, in what is now modern Pakistan, and is buried in Jalalpur Sharif outside of Jhelum, Pakistan...
.
The pair meet in Pella
Pella
Pella , an ancient Greek city located in Pella Prefecture of Macedonia in Greece, was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Macedonia.-Etymology:...
, Macedonia, and Alexander manages to be the only rider on Bucephalus after a battle in which Bucephalas lost his left eye by an enemy pike.
Katherine Roberts acknowledges that the characters Charmia and Tydeos, both grooms in the royal stable, were fiction, as was the evil horsemaster.
The names of the other horses are also fiction, though the horses themselves were real enough. Prince Ochus, King Darius
Darius III of Persia
Darius III , also known by his given name of Codomannus, was the last king of the Achaemenid Empire of Persia from 336 BC to 330 BC....
's son, was given a larger part than most records do, and the ghosts that Bucephalus often sees are also fiction.
From the moment the battle-scarred horse Bucephalas allows a prince and a runaway girl to sit on his back, he is bound to them for ever. The prince is the young Alexander the Great, who he proudly carries into battle, blazing a trail to the very edge of the world in master's search for glory and adventure. The girl, Charm, is a lowly stable hand, who brushes away the ghosts Bucephalas sees and forgives his arrogant ways. But unlike Alexander, Charm has darker reasons to stay by his side.
Through the eyes of the horse, history, mystery and adventure unfold.