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The nature of Alexander
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Mary Renault |
A psychological study of Alexander the Great by the writer who fictionalized his biography in a series of novels. |
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El Auriga/the Charioteer
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Mary Renault |
After enduring an injury at Dunkirk during World War II, Laurie Odell is sent to a rural veterans' hospital in England to convalesce. There he befriends the young, bright Andrew, a conscientious obje… |
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The King Must Die
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Mary Renault |
Historical fiction. Theseus, a prince of ancient Athens, is taken as a slave to the island of Crete, where he's condemned to certain death as a bull dancer. But he abducts the Princess Ariadne & make… |
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Funeral games
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Mary Renault |
As Funeral Games opens, Alexander the Great lies dying. Around his body gather the generals, the provincial satraps and the royal wives, already competing for the prizes of power and land. Only Bagoa… |
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The nature of Alexander
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Mary Renault |
The book is a biography of King Alexander the Great, (356-323 BCE/BC), ruler of Macedon, Egypt and Persia. Renault wrote several historical novels in which Alexander appears: The Mask of Apollo (1966… |
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Fire from heaven
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Mary Renault |
Fire from Heaven is a 1969 historical novel by Mary Renault about the childhood and youth of Alexander the Great. It reportedly was a major inspiration for the Oliver Stone film Alexander. |
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The last of the wine
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Charlotte Mendelson,Mary Renault |
The Last of the Wine is Mary Renault's first novel set in ancient Greece, the setting that would become her most important arena. The novel was published in 1956 and is the second of her works to fea… |
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