Occupation Author Spouse Julie Mullard Partner Julie Mullard | Period 1939–1981 Role Writer Nationality English Name Mary Renault | |
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Books The Persian Boy, The King Must Die, The Charioteer, Fire from Heaven, The Last of the Wine Similar People Patrick O'Brian, Alexander the Great, Poul Anderson, Nikos Kazantzakis, Thomas Burnett Swann | ||
Daniel mendelsohn on his correspondence with the novelist mary renault the new yorker
Mary Renault (; 4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), born Eileen Mary Challans, was an English 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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- Daniel mendelsohn on his correspondence with the novelist mary renault the new yorker
- Meet Mary Renault
- Biography
- Themes
- Legacy
- Adaptations
- References
Meet Mary Renault
Biography
Born at Dacre Lodge, 49 Plashet Road, Forest Gate, Essex (now in London), Renault was educated at St Hugh's College, Oxford, then an all-women's college, receiving an undergraduate degree in English in 1928. In 1933 she began training as a nurse at the