King Must Die - Softcover

Renault Mary

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0553250485 ISBN 13: 9780553250480

Publisher: Bantam Books, 1981

Synopsis

The epic of Thesus, the boy-king of Eleusis, ritually preordained to die after one year of marriage to the sacred queen, but who defies God's decree and claims his inheritance - the throne of Athens. This re-creation of a Greek myth is written by the author of "The Last of the Wine".

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Review:

There's much to say about her interweaving of myth and history and, just as interestingly, there's much to wonder at in the way she fills in the large dark spaces where we know next to nothing about the times she describes . . . an important and wonderful writer . . . she set a course into serious-minded, psychologically intense historical fiction that today seems more important than ever (Sam Jordison Guardian)

Renault did for Ancient Greece what Hilary Mantel did for the Tudors (Quentin Letts The Week)

From the Publisher:

Bringing Greek mythology vividly to life, The King Must Die and its sequel, The Bull from the Sea, tell the amazing adventures of Theseus, famous for slaying the Minotaur, defeating the Amazons and rescuing Persephone from the underworld.

About this edition

• Publisher: Bantam Books
• Publication date: 1981
• ISBN 10: 0553250485
• ISBN 13: 9780553250480
• Binding: Mass Market Paperback