The King Must Die

A Virago Modern Classic

Mary Renault (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

416 Seiten

2015
Virago Press Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-84408-963-5 (ISBN)

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The King Must Die retells the story of Theseus, bringing mythology vividly to life.

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.

Mary Renault (1905-1983) was born in London and educated at St Hughs, Oxford. She trained as a nurse at Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary, where she met her lifelong partner, Julie Mullard. Her first novel, Purposes of Love, was published in 1937. In 1948, after North Face won a MGM prize worth $150,000, she and Mullard emigrated to South Africa. There, Renault was able to write forthrightly about homosexual relationships for the first time - in her masterpiece, The Charioteer (1953), and then in her first historical novel, The Last of the Wine (1956). Renault's vivid novels set in the ancient world brought her worldwide fame. In 2010 Fire From Heaven was shortlisted for the Lost Booker of 1970.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	5.3.2015
Reihe/Serie	Virago Modern Classics
Einführung	Bettany Hughes
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	127 x 197 mm
Gewicht	330 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Klassiker / Moderne Klassiker
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Romane / Erzählungen
ISBN-10	1-84408-963-0 / 1844089630
ISBN-13	978-1-84408-963-5 / 9781844089635
Zustand	Neuware