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The Persian Boy - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic: Mary Renault The Persian Boy - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic
Mary Renault; Introduction by Tom Holland
R518 R425 Discovery Miles 4 250 Save R93 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'One of the greatest historical novels ever written' SARAH WATERS 'Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers' HILARY MANTEL In THE PERSIAN BOY, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend. The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas is sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but finds freedom with Alexander the Great after the Macedon army conquers his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper. After Alexander's mysterious death, we are left wondering if this Persian boy understood the great warrior and his ambitions better than anyone. 'Mary Renault does not pretend the past is like the present, or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us. She shows us their strangeness; discerning, sure-footed, challenging our values, piquing our curiosity, she leads us through an alien landscape that moves and delights us' HILARY MANTEL 'The Alexander Trilogy stands as one of the most important works of fiction in the 20th century . . . Renault's skill is in immersing us in their world, drawing us into its strangeness, its violence and beauty' ANTONIA SENIOR, THE TIMES

The Praise Singer - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault The Praise Singer - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Charlotte Mendelson 1
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R271 R243 Discovery Miles 2 430 Save R28 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

'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 live vividly both in their own time, and in ours' MADELINE MILLER 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 the people of ancient Greece were just like us. She shows us their strangeness; discerning, sure-footed, challenging our values, piquing our curiosity, she leads us through an alien landscape that moves and delights us' HILARY MANTEL In the story of the great lyric poet Simonides, Mary Renault brings alive a time in Greece when tyrants kept an unsteady rule and poetry, music, and royal patronage combined to produce a flowering of the arts. Born into a stern farming family on the island of Keos, Simonides escapes his harsh childhood through a lucky apprenticeship with a renowned Ionian singer. As they travel through 5th century B.C. Greece, Simonides learns not only how to play the kithara and compose poetry, but also how to navigate the shifting alliances surrounding his rich patrons. He is witness to the Persian invasion of Ionia, to the decadent reign of the Samian pirate king Polykrates, and to the fall of the Pisistratids in the Athenian court. Along the way, he encounters artists, statesmen, athletes, thinkers, and lovers, including the likes of Pythagoras and Aischylos. Using the singer's unique perspective, Renault combines her vibrant imagination and her formidable knowledge of history to establish a sweeping, resilient vision of a golden century. 'There's much to say about her interweaving of myth and history and, just as interestingly, there's much to wonder at in the way she fills in the large dark spaces where we know next to nothing about the times she describes . . . an important and wonderful writer . . . she set a course into serious-minded, psychologically intense historical fiction that today seems more important than ever' - Sam Jordison, Guardian

The King Must Die - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault The King Must Die - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Bettany Hughes 1
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R307 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R54 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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. So begins Theseus's perilous journey to his father's palace to claim his birth right, escaping bandits and ritual king sacrifice in Eleusis, to slaying the Minotaur in Crete. Renault reimagines the Theseus myth, creating an original, exciting story.

The Mask of Apollo - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault The Mask of Apollo - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Charlotte Mendelson 1
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R280 R224 Discovery Miles 2 240 Save R56 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

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 gravest decisions, when he finds himself at the centre of a political crisis in which the philosopher Plato is also involved. Much of the action is set in Syracuse, where Plato's friend Dion is trying to persuade the young tyrant Dionysios the Younger to accept the rule of law. Through Nikeratos' eyes, the reader watches as the clash between the two unleashes all the pent-up violence in the city.

The Bull from the Sea - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault The Bull from the Sea - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Bettany Hughes 1
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R298 R242 Discovery Miles 2 420 Save R56 (19%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Having freed the city of Athens from the onerous tribute demanded by the ruler of Knossos - the sacrifice of noble youths and maidens to the appetite of the Labyrinth's monster - Theseus has returned home to find his father dead and himself the new king. But his adventures have only just begun: he still must confront the Amazons, capture their queen, Hippolyta, and face the tragic results of Phaedra's jealous rage. Piecing together the fragments of myth and using her deep understanding of the cultures reflected in these legends, Mary Renault has constructed an enthralling narrative of a time when heroes battled monsters and gods strode the earth.

The Charioteer (Paperback, New Ed): Mary Renault The Charioteer (Paperback, New Ed)
Mary Renault
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R719 Discovery Miles 7 190 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

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 objector serving as an orderly. As they find solace and companionship together in the idyllic surroundings of the hospital, their friendship blooms into a discreet, chaste romance. Then one day, Ralph Lanyon, a mentor from Laurie’s schoolboy days, suddenly reappears in Laurie’s life, and draws him into a tight-knit social circle of world-weary gay men. Laurie is forced to choose between the sweet ideals of innocence and the distinct pleasures of experience.

Originally published in the United States in 1959, The Charioteer is a bold, unapologetic portrayal of male homosexuality during World War II that stands with Gore Vidal’s The City and the Pillar and Christopher Isherwood’s Berlin Stories as a monumental work in gay literature.

The Persian Boy - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault The Persian Boy - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Tom Holland
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R336 R275 Discovery Miles 2 750 Save R61 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas is sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but finds freedom with Alexander the Great after the Macedon army conquers his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper. After Alexander's mysterious death, we are left wondering if this Persian boy understood the great warrior and his ambitions better than anyone.

Fire from Heaven - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault Fire from Heaven - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Tom Holland
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R309 R255 Discovery Miles 2 550 Save R54 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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 love for the youth Hephaistion taught him trust, while Aristotle's tutoring provoked his mind and Homer's Iliad fuelled his aspirations. Killing his first man in battle at the age of twelve, he became regent at sixteen and commander of Macedon's cavalry at eighteen, so that by the time his father was murdered, Alexander's skills had grown to match his fiery ambition.

Purposes of Love - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault Purposes of Love - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Sarah Dunant
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R429 Discovery Miles 4 290 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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 work at the hospital to ward off the emotional wounds of an unhappy childhood. Through Jan, Viv's beloved older brother, they meet, and their friendship turns into a secret romance. Secret because, if discovered, it would cost them their jobs. Despite the discipline and rigid hierarchy imposed by the hospital, their passion takes root, but between them hangs the tantalising and enigmatic shadow of Jan.

The Charioteer - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault The Charioteer - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Simon Russell Beale
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R308 R254 Discovery Miles 2 540 Save R54 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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, Laurie is drawn into a tight-knit circle of gay men for whom liaisons are fleeting and he is forced to choose between the ideals of a perfect friendship and the pleasures of experience. First published in 1953, The Charioteer is a a tender, intelligent coming-of-age novel and a bold, unapologetic portrayal of homosexuality that stands with Gore Vidal's The City and the Pillar and James Baldwin's Giovanni's Room as a landmark work in gay literature.

Funeral Games - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault Funeral Games - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Tom Holland
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R308 R253 Discovery Miles 2 530 Save R55 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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. Wives, distant relatives and generals all vied for the loyalty of the increasingly undisciplined Macedonian army. Most failed and were killed in the attempt. For no one possessed the leadership to keep the great empire from crumbling. But Alexander's legend endured to spread into worlds he had seen only in dreams.

The King Must Die / The Bull from the Sea (Hardcover): Mary Renault The King Must Die / The Bull from the Sea (Hardcover)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Daniel Mendelsohn
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R529 R437 Discovery Miles 4 370 Save R92 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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 Athens, and volunteers to join the annual tribute of Athenian girls and youths sacrificed to a bull-worshipping cult on the island of Crete. Trapped in the labyrinthine palace of King Minos, Theseus enlists the help of high priestess Ariadne in a daring plan to free his people. The Bull From the Sea begins after Theseus's triumphal return to Athens. He is now king, but his confidence will be shaken by a life-changing encounter with the queen of the Amazons, the birth of a son who will insist on choosing his own path, and the tragic results of his wife's treachery. Renault's deep knowledge of the Greek world, her sure grasp of psychology and genius for inspired speculation bring the distant world of the legendary past enthrallingly to life.

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Mary Renault
R335 Discovery Miles 3 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Last of the Wine - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault The Last of the Wine - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Charlotte Mendelson 1
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R303 R248 Discovery Miles 2 480 Save R55 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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 Pericles was declining into uncertainty and fear for the future. Of good family, he and his friends are brought up and educated in the things of the intellect and in athletic and martial pursuits. They learn to hunt and to love, to wrestle and to question. And all the time his star of destiny is leading him towards the moment when he must stand alongside his greatest friend Lysis in the last great clash of arms between the cities.

The Friendly Young Ladies - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault The Friendly Young Ladies - A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Sarah Dunant
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R302 R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Save R55 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

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 Leonora, who escaped eight years earlier. But there are surprises in store for conventional Elsie as her sister has a rather bohemian lifestyle: not only does Leo live in a houseboat on the Thames where she writes Westerns for a living, she shares her boat - and her bed - with Helen. When Peter pays a visit, turning his attention from one 'friendly young lady' to the next, he disturbs the calm for each of them - with results unforeseen by all . . . Mary Renault wrote this delightfully provocative novel in 1943 partly in answer to the despair characteristic of Radclyffe Hall's The Well of Loneliness. The result is this witty and stylish social comedy.

The King Must Die - A Novel (Paperback, Vintage Books ed): Mary Renault The King Must Die - A Novel (Paperback, Vintage Books ed)
Mary Renault
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R443 R340 Discovery Miles 3 400 Save R103 (23%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The story of the mythical hero Theseus, slayer of monsters, abductor of princesses and king of Athens. He emerges from these pages as a clearly defined personality; brave, aggressive and quick. The core of the story is Theseus' Cretan adventure.

Fire from Heaven - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback): Mary Renault Fire from Heaven - A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic (Paperback)
Mary Renault; Introduction by Tom Holland 1
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R307 Discovery Miles 3 070 Ships in 2 - 4 working days

'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing. Lyrical, wise, compelling: the novels are a wonderful imaginative feat - Sarah Waters Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from Greece to India. Fire From Heaven tells the story of the years that shaped him. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought each other for their son's loyalty, teaching Alexander politics and vengeance. His love for the youth Hephaistion taught him trust, while Aristotle's tutoring provoked his mind and fuelled his aspirations. Killing his first man in battle at the age of twelve and commanding Macedon's cavalry at eighteen, by the time his father is murdered, Alexander's skills have grown to match his fiery ambition. Books included in the VMC 40th anniversary series include: Frost in May by Antonia White; The Collected Stories of Grace Paley; Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault; The Magic Toyshop by Angela Carter; The Weather in the Streets by Rosamond Lehmann; Deep Water by Patricia Highsmith; The Return of the Soldier by Rebecca West; Their Eyes Were Watching God by Zora Neale Hurston; Heartburn by Nora Ephron; The Dud Avocado by Elaine Dundy; Memento Mori by Muriel Spark; A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor; and Faces in the Water by Janet Frame

The Lion in the Gateway (Paperback): Mary Renault The Lion in the Gateway (Paperback)
Mary Renault
R385 Discovery Miles 3 850 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Subtitled, The Heroic Battles of the Greeks and Persians at Marathon, Salamis, and Thermopylae, this is a great retelling of those epic ancient battles which shaped the course of Western Civilization. All the great characters are there: Darius and Xerxes, the Persian Kings; the Greeks Themistocles, Alcibiades, and the Spartan for whom the book is named, Leonides, and many others. The book begins with the historical roots of the people of Ancient Greece and how they came to love their freedom more than anything else. Recommended for ages 9 - 12.

The Praise Singer (Paperback, New edition): Mary Renault The Praise Singer (Paperback, New edition)
Mary Renault
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R409 R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Save R49 (12%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

In the story of the great lyric poet Simonides, Mary Renault brings alive a time in Greece when tyrants kept an unsteady rule and poetry, music, and royal patronage combined to produce a flowering of the arts.

Born into a stern farming family on the island of Keos, Simonides escapes his harsh childhood through a lucky apprenticeship with a renowned Ionian singer. As they travel through 5th century B.C. Greece, Simonides learns not only how to play the kithara and compose poetry, but also how to navigate the shifting alliances surrounding his rich patrons. He is witness to the Persian invasion of Ionia, to the decadent reign of the Samian pirate king Polykrates, and to the fall of the Pisistratids in the Athenian court. Along the way, he encounters artists, statesmen, athletes, thinkers, and lovers, including the likes of Pythagoras and Aischylos. Using the singer's unique perspective, Renault combines her vibrant imagination and her formidable knowledge of history to establish a sweeping, resilient vision of a golden century.

Fire from Heaven - A Novel of Alexander the Great (Paperback, New edition): Mary Renault Fire from Heaven - A Novel of Alexander the Great (Paperback, New edition)
Mary Renault
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R513 R461 Discovery Miles 4 610 Save R52 (10%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

“Written with her usual vigor and imagination...Mary Renault has a great talent.”–The New York Times Book Review

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 love for the youth Hephaistion taught him trust, while Aristotle’s tutoring provoked his mind and Homer’s Iliad fueled his aspirations. Killing his first man in battle at the age of twelve, he became regent at sixteen and commander of Macedon’s cavalry at eighteen, so that by the time his father was murdered, Alexander’s skills had grown to match his fiery ambition.

The Mask of Apollo - A Novel (Paperback, Vintage Books ed): Mary Renault The Mask of Apollo - A Novel (Paperback, Vintage Books ed)
Mary Renault
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R501 R446 Discovery Miles 4 460 Save R55 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

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 theater's golden age, which is now past. At first his mascot, the mask gradually becomes his conscience, and he refers to it his gravest decisions, when he finds himself at the center of a political crisis in which the philosopher Plato is also involved. Much of the action is set in Syracuse, where Plato's friend Dion is trying to persuade the young tyrant Dionysios the Younger to accept the rule of law. Through Nikeratos' eyes, the reader watches as the clash between the two looses all the pent-up violence in the city.

El muchacho persa / The Persian Boy (Spanish, Paperback): Mary Renault El muchacho persa / The Persian Boy (Spanish, Paperback)
Mary Renault
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R356 Discovery Miles 3 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Bull from the Sea (Paperback, New edition): Mary Renault The Bull from the Sea (Paperback, New edition)
Mary Renault
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R453 R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Save R49 (11%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Bull from the Sea reconstructs the legend of Theseus, the valiant youth who slew the Minotaur, became king, and brought prosperity to Attica. Chief among his heroic exploits is the seduction of Hippolyta, the Queen of the Amazons, who irrevocably brought about both his greatest joy and his tragic destiny.

The Middle Mist (Paperback): Mary Renault The Middle Mist (Paperback)
Mary Renault
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R860 Discovery Miles 8 600 Out of stock
North Face (Hardcover): Mary Renault North Face (Hardcover)
Mary Renault
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R698 Discovery Miles 6 980 Out of stock
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