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The Bull from the Sea: A Virago Modern Classic

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By (author): Mary Renault

Having freed the city of Athens from the onerous tribute demanded by the ruler of Knossos - the sacrifice of noble youths and maidens to the appetite of the Labyrinth's monster - Theseus has returned home to find his father dead and himself the new king. But his adventures have only just begun: he still must confront the Amazons, capture their queen, Hippolyta, and face the tragic results of Phaedra's jealous rage. Piecing together the fragments of myth and using her deep understanding of the cultures reflected in these legends, Mary Renault has constructed an enthralling narrative of a time when heroes battled monsters and gods strode the earth. See more
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  • Weight: 230g
  • Dimensions: 128 x 196mm
  • Publication Date: 05 Mar 2015
  • Publisher: Little Brown Book Group
  • Publication City/Country: United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • ISBN13: 9781844089628

About 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 $150000 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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