{"product_id":"the-king-must-die","title":"The King Must Die Vmc","description":"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, \u003ci\u003ePurposes Of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, Was Published In\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e1937. In 1948, After \u003ci\u003eNorth Face\u003c\/i\u003e 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, \u003ci\u003eThe Charioteer\u003c\/i\u003e 1953, And Then In Her First Historical Novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last Of The Wine 1956\u003c\/i\u003e. Renault's Vivid Novels Set In The Ancient World Brought Her Worldwide Fame. In 2010 \u003ci\u003eFire From Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e Was Shortlisted For The Lost Booker Of 1970.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'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, Bestselling Author Of \u003ci\u003eCirce\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'mary Renault Is A Shining Light To Both Historical Novelists And Their Readers' Hilary Mantel, Bestselling Author Of \u003ci\u003eWolf Hall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'this Brilliant Retelling Of The Story Of Theseus, The King Of Athens, Brings Greek Mythology Vividly To Life And Remains \"One Of The Truly Fine Historical Novels Of Modern Times\"' \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTheseus 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 Birthright, Escaping Bandits And Ritual King Sacrifice In Eleusis, To Slaying The Minotaur In Crete. Renault Reimagines The Theseus Myth, Creating An Original, Exciting Story.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe King Must Die\u003c\/i\u003e Retells The Story Of Theseus, Bringing Mythology Vividly To Life.Renault Did For Ancient Greece What Hilary Mantel Did For The Tudorsthere'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","brand":"Crossword.in","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46738306302169,"sku":"BK0496986","price":665.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0648\/3066\/9017\/files\/91uZ6u2_YL._SL1500.jpg?v=1751273823","url":"https:\/\/www.crossword.in\/products\/the-king-must-die","provider":"Crossword.in ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}