{"product_id":"book-e0o7","title":"The Golden Mean","description":"\u003cb\u003eNATIONAL BESTSELLER\u003cbr\u003eWinner of the Rogers Writers' Trust Fiction Prize\u003cbr\u003eFinalist for the Giller Prize and Governor General's Literary Award for Fiction\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe startlingly original first novel-now the basis for the forthcoming Netflix series \u003ci\u003eAlexander\u003c\/i\u003e-by award-winning writer Annabel Lyon reimagining one of history's most intriguing relationships: that between legendary philosopher Aristotle and his most famous pupil, the young Alexander the Great.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e342 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 Philip's court.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTold in the brilliantly rendered voice of Aristotle-keenly intelligent, often darkly funny-\u003ci\u003eThe Golden Mean\u003c\/i\u003e 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.","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49327403172144,"sku":"BDe0o7","price":27.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/e0o7-Square-cover.jpg?v=1776262633","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-e0o7","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}