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The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault
Category: Fiction
Athens, Socrates.... "A highly superior histoical novel" Saturday Review
The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
In The Last of the Wine, two young Athenians, Alexias and Lysis, compete in the palaestra, journey to the Olympic games, fight in the wars against Sparta, and study under Socrates. As their relationship develops, Renault expertly conveys Greek culture, showing the impact of this supreme philosopher ...Show more
The Mask of Apollo by Mary Renault
Category: Fiction
Athens, Plato... :Renault is able to write about ancient Greece as if she has been there" Saturday Review
The North Face: A Virago Modern Classic by Mary Renault
Category: Fiction | Series: VMC
On holiday in the North Devon countryside, Neil Langton looks back on the wreckage of his past. He has come to believe that all happiness is behind him; the wounds from his former marriage - in which his wife cheated on him and his young daughter died - are still raw. While rock-climbing, he meets Ellen ...Show more
The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
Category: Fiction
The second book in the Alexander The Great trilogy, now back in print after many years. The Persian Boy tells the story of the climactic last seven years of Alexander the Great's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was sold as a courtesan to King Darius o ...Show more
The Praise Singer by Mary Renault
Category: Fiction
Athens, Pythagoras... "an exciting living image of the Ancient World on (a) grand scale" New York Times