On the Sunny Banks of the Cydnus - Ch. 5

[joyeee]

Fandom: Alexander the Great
Rating: FRT/PG/K+
Genre: Drama/Humor
Summary: Retelling of the anecdote about Alexander's trust in his doctor Philip. Diades, Critodemus, and the usual Companions also appear, but it's an Alexander-and-Hephaestion story at heart.
Chapter 5: The army waits while Alexander lingers in sickness. Some scores are due to be

Comments

[joyeee]

I agree about Hephaestion's incredible level of idealism in Virtues of War - but I like that novel too. Especially because, to me at least, so many of its A/H scenes are just beautiful beyond words! ^_____^

I haven't heard of Haef! (Yay! Fresh meat books!) Actually Manfredi's work was among the stuff I was referring to, though overall I think the novels are all right. Hephaestion's ... ok, in the first novel (for example the passage about when A and H were in exile, just the 2 of them together, was lovely) but as the trilogy progressed he became more consistently...unimpressive. Still, since you like humor, you may like Manfredi's version of how they meet. I'm not completely sure he meant it to be funny, but I found it hilarious! (I'd love to know what others think of the scene.) Also Eumenes' characterization is especially sympathetic, which is nice for a change.

Thank you very much for your comments - as I've said before I don't consider my stuff mainstream "historical fiction," nor mainstream AtG fanfic... so it's especially nice to know others are reading and liking it!