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The King Must Die
'Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce, complex and eloquent, infused at every turn with her life-long passion for the Classics' Madeline Miller,…
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The Bull from the Sea
'Mary Renault is a shining light' HILARY MANTEL 'Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce, complex and eloquent' MADELINE MILLER The sequel to…
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Fire from Heaven
'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing. Lyrical, wise, compelling: the novels are a wonderful imaginative feat' SARAH WATERS 'The Alexandriad is one…
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The Persian Boy
'One of the greatest historical novels ever written' SARAH WATERS 'I love to find queer representation in historical fiction . . . Renault's eye for…
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The Mask of Apollo
'Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. She does not pretend the past is like the present, or that…
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The Last of the Wine
'All my sense of the ancient world - its values, its style, the scent of its wars and passions - comes from Mary Renault. Her…
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The Praise Singer
'Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce, complex and eloquent, infused at every turn with her life-long passion for the Classics. Her characters…
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Kind Are Her Answers
Kit Anderson is married to Janet, a beautiful but narcissistic woman who seems more shallow to him as time goes by. Their relationship has become…
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North Face
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…
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The Friendly Young Ladies
Elsie, sheltered and naive, is seventeen and unhappy. Stifled by life with her bickering parents in a bleak Cornish village, she falls in love with…
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Funeral Games
'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing. Lyrical, wise, compelling: the novels are a wonderful imaginative feat' SARAH WATERS In the final novel…
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Purposes of Love
Vivian, a student nurse, chose her profession as a challenge, both to her spirit and to her permanently exhausted body; Mic immerses himself in his…
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Return to Night
Losing out on a promotion to her ex lover, Hilary Mansell, a talented doctor, moves to a rural hospital. She is bored and unchallenged, but…
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The Charioteer
'The Charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular - and particularly fascinating - cultural moment, and as a deeply romantic story of…