The King Must Die
A Novel
$37.63
- Paperback
352 pages
- Release Date
15 March 2002
Summary
In this ambitious, ingenious narrative, celebrated historical novelist Mary Renault takes legendary hero Theseus and spins his myth into a fast-paced and exciting story.
Renault starts with Theseus’ early years, showing how the mystery of his father’s identity and his small stature breed the insecurities that spur his youthful hijinx. As he moves on to Eleusis, Athens, and Crete, his playfulness and fondness for pranks matures into the courage to attempt singular heroic feats, the gal…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780394751047 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0394751043 |
| Author: | Mary Renault |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Vintage Books |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 15 March 2002 |
| Weight: | 255g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 132mm x 15mm |
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About The Author
Mary Renault
MARY RENAULT has written over a dozen novels, has had her work adapted for radio, stage, and screen, and has been the subject of documentaries and biographies. She is as widely known for her forthright treatment of gay relationships as she is her historical reconstructions of ancient Greece. She was born in London and educated at Oxford. She then trained as a nurse, where she met her lifelong partner Julie Mullard. After serving during World War II, she and Mullard settled in South Africa and traveled considerably in Africa and Greece. It was at this time that she began writing her historical novels, including The King Must Die, The Last of the Wine, and The Persian Boy. The biography The Nature of Alexander is one of her only non-fiction books. She died in Cape Town in 1983.
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