'Renault, Mary' in OBA Collectie

Na zijn overwinning op de Kretenzische Minotaurus keert Theseus als koning terug naar Athene.

Tegen de achtergrond van de Tweede Wereldoorlog worden de verschuivende relaties geschetst tussen drie van karakter zeer verschillende mannen.

Het dagelijks leven van een jonge Athener uit gegoede familie in de tweede helft van de 5e eeuw v. Chr.

De dood van Alexander de Grote (356-323 v.Chr.) in Babylon leidt tot hevige strijd om de erfenis.

The story is a retelling of the life of mythological hero Theseus after his return from the Minoan palace of Knossos. The novel follows his later quests, his friendship with Pirithoos, and his liaison with Hippolyta and marriage to Phaedra.

Biografie van de Britse verpleegster Mary Renault (1905-1983), die met haar levensgezellin naar Zuid-Afrika vertrok en vooral bekend is door historische romans als 'The last of the wine', 'The king must die', 'The bull from the sea', 'The mask of Apollo...

In her novels "The Last of the Wine", "The Bull from the Sea" and "The Persian Boy", Mary Renault wrote so frankly about homosexuality that some readers thought she must be a man. Born in London, she spent most of her life in South Africa. This is her b...

Set in fourth-century B.C. Greece, The Mask of Apollo is narrated by Nikeratos, a tragic actor who takes with him on all his travels a gold mask of Apollo, a relic of the theater's golden age, which is now past. At first his mascot, the mask gradually b...