The King Must Die/The Bull From the Sea, Renault, Mary
: Mary Renault : Fire from Heaven ISBN: 1844089576 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844089574 : Little Brown : : 1516.00 . : (1 .) : In the first novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend.
: Renault Mary : Charioteer ISBN: 1844089509 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844089505 : Little Brown : : 1516.00 . : (1 .) : First published in 1953, The Charioteer is 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.
: Mary Renault : The Persian Boy ISBN: 1844089584 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844089581 : Little Brown : : 1668.00 . : .
: In the second novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend.
: Mary Renault : Funeral Games ISBN: 1844089592 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844089598 : Little Brown : : 1516.00 . : .
: In the final novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend.
: Renault Mary : Friendly Young Ladies ISBN: 1844089525 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781844089529 : Little Brown : : 1516.00 . : .
: A sparkling, unconventional social comedy set in bohemian 1930s London.
: Renault Mary : The Last of the Wine ISBN: 0375726810 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375726811 : Random House (USA) : 1563.00 . : .
: Renault Mary : Fire from Heaven ISBN: 0375726829 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375726828 : Random House (USA) : : 1559.00 . : .
: 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.
: Renault, Mary : Funeral Games ISBN: 0375714197 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780375714191 : Random House (USA) : 1559.00 . : .
: "Renault's best historical novel yet.... Every detail has solid historical testimony to support it."-New York Review of Books 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.
: Renault, Mary : The Nature of Alexander ISBN: 039473825X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780394738253 : Random House (USA) : 1375.00 . : .
: The acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great by Mary Renault, the author of Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy, two best-selling novels about Alexander.
: McAuliffe portrays Paris in full flower at the turn of the 20th century, where creative dynamos set their respective circles on fire with their revolutionary visions and discoveries. But all was not well in this world, underscored by ominous drumbeat of the approaching Great War-a cataclysm that would brutally bring the Belle Epoque to its close.
