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Persian Boy
A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2025
142 kr
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A GROUNDBREAKING QUEER CLASSIC AND POWERFUL REIMAGINING OF ALEXANDER THE GREAT THROUGH THE EYES OF HIS LOVER, FOR FANS OF SONG OF ACHILLES AND THE ODYSSEY 'One of the greatest historical novels ever written' SARAH WATERS'I love to find queer representation in historical fiction . . . Renault's eye …
Last of the Wine
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2015
144 kr
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Athens and Sparta, the mighty city states of ancient Greece, locked together in a quarter century of conflict: the Peloponnesian War. Alexias the Athenian was born, passed through childhood and grew to manhood in those troubled years, that desperate and dangerous epoch when the golden age of …
Fire from Heaven
A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2025
144 kr
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE 1970 LOST BOOKER PRIZE, INTRODUCED BY TOM HOLLANDTHE ANCIENT GREEK STAGE BROUGHT THRILLINGLY TO LIFE BY THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE ODYSSEY'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing. Lyrical, wise, …
Funeral Games
A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2025
144 kr
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THE ANCIENT GREEK STAGE BROUGHT THRILLINGLY TO LIFE BY THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE ODYSSEY'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing. Lyrical, wise, compelling: the novels are a wonderful imaginative feat' SARAH WATERSThe …
Charioteer
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2013
3,5 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
152 kr
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Injured at Dunkirk, Laurie Odell, a young corporal, is recovering at a rural veterans' hospital. There he meets Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly, and the men find solace in their covert friendship. Then Ralph Lanyon appears, a mentor from Laurie's schooldays. Through him, …
Fire from Heaven
A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2014
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (2)
142 kr
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Alexander's beauty, strength and defiance were apparent from birth, but his boyhood honed those gifts into the makings of a king. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought each other for their son's loyalty, teaching Alexander politics and vengeance from the cradle. His …
Funeral Games
A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2014
3,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
144 kr
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Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from Greece and Egypt to India. After Alexander's death in 323 B.C. his only direct heirs were two unborn sons and a simpleton half-brother. Every long-simmering faction exploded into the vacuum of power. …
Mask of Apollo
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2015
144 kr
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Set in fourth-century B.C. Greece, The Mask of Apollo is narrated by Nikeratos, a tragic actor who takes with him on all his travels a gold mask of Apollo, a relic of the theatre's golden age, which is now past. At first his mascot, the mask gradually becomes his conscience, and he refers to it his …
King Must Die
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2025
144 kr
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THE MYTH OF THESEUS BROUGHT THRILLINGLY TO LIFE BY THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE ODYSSEY'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 …
King Must Die
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2015
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
392 kr
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Theseus is the grandson of the King of Troizen, but his paternity is shrouded in mystery - can he really be the son of the god Poseidon? When he discovers his father's sword beneath a rock, his mother must reveal his true identity: Theseus is the son of Aegeus, King of Athens, and is his only heir. …
King Must Die
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
E-bok, 2015
62 kr
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''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, bestselling author of Circe The true parentage of Theseus, grandson of the King of Troizon, has always been shrouded in mystery. …
King Must Die / The Bull from the Sea
Av Mary Renault
Inbunden, 2022
5,0 utav 5 stjärnor. Totalt antal röster: (1)
215 kr
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In two remarkable historical novels, Mary Renault fashions from the myth of Theseus a convincingly flawed hero and weaves a thrillingly plausible account of the Labyrinth and the infamous Minotaur. The King Must Die follows the young Theseus as he discovers that his true father is the King of …
King Must Die
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Inbunden, 2025
256 kr
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'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, bestselling author of CirceThe true parentage of Theseus, grandson of the King of Troizon, has always been shrouded in mystery. …
Last of the Wine
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2026
144 kr
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A VIVID, SWEEPING SAGA OF QUEER LOVE AND POLITICS IN ANCIENT GREECE, FROM THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION, FOR FANS OF SONG OF ACHILLES AND THE ODYSSEY'Renault's eye for intimacy is amazing' DOUGLAS STUART'Arresting and beautiful and moving . . . decades ahead of its time' LONDON REVIEW OF …
Bull from the Sea
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2025
144 kr
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THE ANCIENT GREEK STAGE BROUGHT THRILLINGLY TO LIFE BY THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE ODYSSEY'Mary Renault is a shining light' HILARY MANTEL'Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce, complex and eloquent' MADELINE MILLERThe sequel to …
Praise Singer
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2026
144 kr
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AN ODYSSEY OF ART AND POWER, BY THE CLASSIC QUEEN OF ANCIENT GREEK RETELLINGS, FOR FANS OF THE WOMEN OF TROY, SONG OF ACHILLES AND THE ODYSSEY'Mary Renault is an exceptional storyteller' CHARLOTTE MENDELSON'A song of praise, a work of love, a serene, deliberate book, full of wisdom, rich in …
Return to Night
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2014
366 kr
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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 the routine and long hours dull her disappointment. When Julian Fleming is admitted with a serious head injury, Hilary's skill and quick thinking save his …
Friendly Young Ladies
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2014
144 kr
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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 the first presentable young man she meets - Peter, an ambitious London doctor. On his advice she runs away from home and goes to live with her sister …
Persian Boy
A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Inbunden, 2024
218 kr
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'One of the greatest historical novels ever written' SARAH WATERS'I love to find queer representation in historical fiction. . . Renault's eye for intimacy is amazing' DOUGLAS STUART'Fierce, complex and eloquent'MADELINE MILLER 'Mary Renault is a shining light'HILARY MANTEL*** A groundbreaking …
Mask of Apollo
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Häftad, 2026
144 kr
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THE ANCIENT GREEK STAGE BROUGHT THRILLINGLY TO LIFE BY THE QUEEN OF HISTORICAL FICTION, PERFECT FOR FANS OF THE WOMEN OF TROY AND THE ODYSSEY'Mary Renault has made the classical era alive' GORE VIDAL'Her books have stood the test of time' INDEPENDENTThe artist flows into the mask the poet offers …
Charioteer
A Virago Modern Classic
Av Mary Renault
Inbunden, 2045
256 kr
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'The Charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular - and particularly fascinating - cultural moment, and as a deeply romantic story of love fulfilled against the odds. It has all those qualities that make Mary Renault so memorable as a novelist: craft, subtlety, intelligence, and …
