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Mask of Apollo by Renault Mary
$24.99 AUD
Category: General | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'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 ...Show more
The King Must Die / the Bull from the Sea by Mary Renault
$36.99 AUD
Category: Classics
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 ...Show more
The King Must Die (Theseus #1) by Mary Renault
$19.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: Theseus Historic Novels
In myth, Theseus was the slayer of the child-devouring Minotaur of Crete. What the hero might have been in real life is another question, brilliantly explored in The King Must Die. Drawing on scholarship and archaeological findings at Knossos, Mary Renault's Theseus is an utterly lifelike figure - a kin ...Show more
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