The Nature of Alexander - Paperback
by Mary Renault
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Languages:EnglishPublisher:Pantheon BooksISBN-13:9780394738253ISBN-10:039473825XUPC:9780394738253Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Ancient, MilitaryBook Topic:Greece, AncientSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC50XZRCX7
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.
Languages:EnglishPublisher:Pantheon BooksISBN-13:9780394738253ISBN-10:039473825XUPC:9780394738253Book Category:Biography & Autobiography, HistoryBook Subcategory:Historical, Ancient, MilitaryBook Topic:Greece, AncientSize:7.90 x 5.10 x 0.90 inchesWeight:0.6504Product ID:SC50XZRCX7
MARY RENAULT has written over a dozen novels, has had her work adapted for radio, stage, and screeen, and has been the subject of documentaries and biographies. She is as widely known for her forthright treatment of gay relationships as she is her historical restructions of ancient Greece. She was born in London and educated at Oxford. She then trained as a nurse, where she met her lifelong partner Julie Mullard. After during World War II, she and Mullard settled in South Africa and traveled considerably in Africa and Greece. It was at this time that she began writing her historical novels, including The King Must Die, The Last of the Wine, and The Persian Boy. The biography The Nature of Alexander is one of her only non-fiction books. She died in Cape Town in 1983.
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