Mary Renault





Mary Renault

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born
September 04, 1905 in The United Kingdom

died
December 13, 1983

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Mary Renault
AKA Eileen Mary Challans

Born: 4-Sep-1905
Birthplace: London, England
Died: 13-Dec-1983
Location of death: Cape Town, South Africa

Father: Frank Challans (physician)
Mother: Clementine Newsome Baxter
Sister: Joyce
Girlfriend: Julie Mullard (life-long companion)


High School: Clifton Girls School, Bristol, England
University: BA, St. Hugh's College, Oxford University (1928)
Medical School: Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford University




Average rating: 4.01 · 10258 ratings · 747 reviews · 21 distinct works
The Persian Boy (Alexander ...
4.13 of 5 stars 413 avg rating — 2011 ratings — published 1972 — 18 editions
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The King Must Die
3.94 of 5 stars 394 avg rating — 1923 ratings — published 1958 — 25 editions
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Fire from Heaven (Alexander...
4.08 of 5 stars 408 avg rating — 1332 ratings — published 1969 — 15 editions
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The Last of the Wine
4.06 of 5 stars 406 avg rating — 1008 ratings — published 1956 — 14 editions
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The Bull from the Sea
3.97 of 5 stars 397 avg rating — 961 ratings — published 1962 — 17 editions
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The Charioteer
4.07 of 5 stars 407 avg rating — 792 ratings — published 1959 — 13 editions
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Funeral Games (Alexander th...
3.91 of 5 stars 391 avg rating — 646 ratings — published 1981 — 13 editions
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The Mask of Apollo
3.96 of 5 stars 396 avg rating — 599 ratings — published 1966 — 16 editions
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The Praise Singer
3.88 of 5 stars 388 avg rating — 378 ratings — published 1978 — 9 editions
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The Nature of Alexander
4.05 of 5 stars 405 avg rating — 300 ratings — published 1998 — 12 editions
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Fire from Heaven The Persian Boy Funeral Games
Alexander the Great (3 books)
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“True friends share everything, except the past before they met.”
Mary Renault, Fire from Heaven

“The rightness of a thing isn't determined by the amount of courage it takes.”
Mary Renault

“You mustn't get so upset about what you feel, Spud. No one's a hundred per cent consistent all the time. We might like to be. We can plan our lives along certain lines. But you know, there's no future in screwing down all the pressure valves and smashing in the gauge. You can do it for a bit and then something goes. Sometimes it gets s that the only thing is just to say, 'That's what I'd like to feel twenty-four hours a day; but, the hell with it, this is how I feel now.”
Mary Renault, The Charioteer

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