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Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
The opening volume of the Alexander the Great trilogy, finally back in print. At twenty, when his reign began, Alexander the Great was already a seasoned soldier and a complex, passionate man. Fire from Heaven tells the story of the boy Alexander, and the years that shaped him. Resolute, fearless, a ...Show more
Fire from Heaven by Mary Renault
$29.95 AUD
$35.95 (16% off)
Category: Fiction
'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing. Lyrical, wise, compelling: the novels are a wonderful imaginative feat' SARAH WATERS 'The Alexandriad is one of the twentieth century's most unexpectedly original works of art' GORE VIDAL In the first novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary ...Show more
Fire from Heaven: A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic by Mary Renault
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics Ser.
'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing. Lyrical, wise, compelling: the novels are a wonderful imaginative feat - Sarah Waters Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from Greece to India. Fire From Heaven tells the story of ...Show more
Funeral Games by Mary Renault
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
<b>A classic and long unavailable novel: the final part of the Alexander the Great trilogy.</b> As <i>Funeral Games</i> opens, Alexander the Great lies dying. Around his body gather the generals, the provincial satraps and the royal wives, already competing for the prizes of ...Show more
Funeral Games: A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic by Mary Renault
$21.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: VMC
Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from Greece and Egypt to India. 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, ...Show more
Persian Boy by Mary Renault
$29.95 AUD
$35.95 (16% off)
Category: Fiction
'Renault's masterpiece. One of the greatest historical novels ever written' SARAH WATERS 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. The Persian Boy traces the last years of ...Show more
Persian Boy: A Novel of Alexander the Great by Mary Renault
$21.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: VMC
The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas is sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but finds freedom with Alexander the Great after the Macedon army conquers his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alex ...Show more
The Charioteer by Mary Renault
$19.99 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Virago Modern Classics
Injured at Dunkirk, Laurie Odell, a young corporal, is recovering at a rural veterans' hospital. There he meets Andrew, a conscientious objector serving as an orderly, and the men find solace in their covert friendship. Then Ralph Lanyon appears, a mentor from Laurie's schooldays. Through him, Laurie is ...Show more
The King Must Die by Mary Renault
$29.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
An adaptation of the legend of Theseus who masters the art of bull leaping and slays the Minotaur in the process of fulfilling his destiny.
The Last of the Wine by Mary Renault
$24.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
Athens, Socrates.... "A highly superior histoical novel" Saturday Review
The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
$27.95 AUD
Category: Fiction
The second book in the Alexander The Great trilogy, now back in print after many years. The Persian Boy tells the story of the climactic last seven years of Alexander the Great's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was sold as a courtesan to King Darius o ...Show more
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