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The Last of the Wine

The Last of the Wine

by Mary Renault
Paperback
Publication Date: 15/07/2001
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In The Last of the Wine, two young Athenians, Alexias and Lysis, compete in the palaestra, journey to the Olympic games, fight in the wars against Sparta, and study under Socrates. As their relationship develops, Renault expertly conveys Greek culture, showing the impact of this supreme philosopher whose influence spans epochs.
ISBN:
9780375726811
9780375726811
Category:
Historical Fiction
Format:
Paperback
Publication Date:
15-07-2001
Language:
English
Publisher:
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Country of origin:
United States
Edition:
2nd Edition
Dimensions (mm):
201x134x23mm
Weight:
0.34kg
Mary Renault

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.

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