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Mary Renault
Born in London as Eileen Mary Challans in 1905 and educated at the University of Oxford, Mary Renault trained as a nurse at Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary. It was there that she met ...view moreBorn in London as Eileen Mary Challans in 1905 and educated at the University of Oxford, Mary Renault trained as a nurse at Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary. It was there that she met her lifelong partner, fellow nurse Julie Mullard. After completing her training, Renault wrote her first novel, Purposes of Love, in 1937. In 1948, after her novel Return to Night won an MGM prize worth $150,000, she and Mullard immigrated to South Africa. There, Renault wrote the historical novels that would define her career. In 2006, Renault was the subject of a BBC 4 documentary, and her books, many of which remain in print on both sides of the Atlantic, are often sought after for radio and dramatic interpretation. In 2010, Fire From Heaven was shortlisted for the 1970 Lost Booker prize. view less
Books by Mary Renault
The Persian Boy The King Must Die: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Charioteer: A Novel Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Fire from Heaven Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5Funeral Games Rating: 4 out of 5 stars4/5The Bull from the Sea: A Novel Rating: 3 out of 5 stars3/5The Mask of Apollo: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Last of the Wine: A Novel Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Last of the Wine: A Novel Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Nature of Alexander Rating: 5 out of 5 stars5/5The Novels of Alexander the Great: Fire from Heaven, The Persian Boy, and Funeral Games Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings
Audiobooks by Mary Renault
The King Must Die Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratingsThe Bull from the Sea Rating: 0 out of 5 stars0 ratings