Katherine Roberts' I AM THE GREAT HORSE presents the story of the steed of pre-teen Alexander, heir to the throne of Macedonia. As the young prince rises to power his loyal steed observes the politics and conflicts involved in his ascension. Add a dash of romance and you have a fun and lively story punctuated by thrashes from the protagonist's 5/5(5). I am the Great Horse Info. Download Editor's Picks Books in Teen Young Adult. Read Fan Reviews and check what others have to say about I am the Great Horse by Katherine Roberts. In I Am The Great Horse, our narrator is the fierce warhorse Bucaphalas. Katherine Roberts makes this story for young adults come alive by her observations of horse body language, and the parallels her great horse draws between human and horse behaviour. For example, the armies gathered to fight one another are, to Bucaphalas, herds/5(59).
Click to read more about I Am The Great Horse by Katherine Roberts. LibraryThing is a cataloging and social networking site for booklovers. A thundering epic about Bucephalus, young Alexander the Great's fierce, fiery, battle-scarred stallion--straight from the horse's mouth. "I am the dark horse, Bucephalus. I am no black beauty. I am a stallion trained for war." From the moment they dare sit on his back, the fates of Alexander, year-old heir to the Macedonian throne, and Charm, a kind stable girl, are bound to the battle. Pris: kr. häftad, Skickas inom vardagar. Köp boken I am the Great Horse av Katherine Roberts (ISBN ) hos Adlibris. Fraktfritt över kr Alltid bra priser och snabb leverans. | Adlibris.
So speaks Alexander the Great's bold black stallion Bucephalas, one of the most famous horses of the ancient world, as he recounts their epic journey from Macedonia across Persia and over the Himalayas into India, straight from the horse's mouth. In the tradition of Anna Sewell's Black Beauty and Michael Morpurgo's War Horse, this mixture of fiction and history will appeal to readers looking for a lively account of the legends surrounding Alexander of Macedon and the men and women who. Katherine Roberts’ I AM THE GREAT HORSE was the very first book I reviewed on my Sword And Sandal Kids blog in In fact it was the first book I ever reviewed, and it has remained one of my all time favourite novels. I consider it a modern classic as great in stature as Rosemary Sutcliff’s The Eagle of the Ninth. In I Am The Great Horse, our narrator is the fierce warhorse Bucaphalas. Katherine Roberts makes this story for young adults come alive by her observations of horse body language, and the parallels her great horse draws between human and horse behaviour. For example, the armies gathered to fight one another are, to Bucaphalas, herds.
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