Mary Renault

Nationality

British

Description

Mary Renault (; 4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), born Eileen Mary Challans, was an English and South African writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece. In addition to vivid fictional portrayals of Theseus, Socrates, Plato, and Alexander the Great, she wrote a non-fiction biography of Alexander.

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Gender

Female

The best books of all time by Mary Renault

  1. 2028 . The King Must Die by Mary Renault

    “Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. She does not pretend the past is like the present, or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us. She shows...

    - Google