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First Folio Society Edition. 5 volumes (The Persian Boy,...

'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing....

In the story of the great lyric poet Simonides,...

Alexander's beauty, strength, and defiance were apparent from birth,...

After Alexander's death in 323 B.C .his only direct...

A BESTSELLING NOVEL AND MAJOR FILM STARRING MERYL STREEP...

'You cannot get far in these essays without sensing...

'All my sense of the ancient world - its...

'Renault's masterpiece. One of the greatest historical novels ever...

'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing....

'The Alexander Trilogy contains some of Renault's finest writing....

'Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce,...

'Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce,...

This second instalment in the story of the legendary...

In myth, Theseus was the slayer of the child-devouring...

The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's...

Injured at Dunkirk, Laurie Odell, a young corporal, is...

In The Last of the Wine, two young Athenians,...

Set in fourth-century B.C. Greece, THE MASK OF APOLLO...

'If I really don't like somebody, I kill him...

'One of the best novels about growing up fast'...

ONE OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL NOVELS OF THE TWENTIETH...

INTRODUCED BY SARAH WATERS 'Every one of her books...