Review: “The Nature of Alexander” by Mary Renault
Good morning, thank you for being on Alessandro III di Macedonia! Today I am talking about:
The Nature of Alexander
by Mary Renault
Pantheon Books, 1975 (2002)
ISBN: 978–0394738253, 276 pages
The acclaimed biography of Alexander the Great by Mary Renault, the author of Fire from Heaven and The Persian Boy, two best-selling novels about Alexander.
Mary Renault wrote more than a dozen novels; has had her work adapted for radio, stage, and screeen; and has been the subject of documentaries and biographies. She is as widely known for her forthright treatment of gay relationships as well as her historical restructions of ancient Greece. She was born in London and educated at Oxford. She then trained as a nurse, where she met her lifelong partner, Julie Mullard. After World War II, she and Mullard settled in South Africa and traveled considerably in Africa and Greece. It was at this time that she began writing her historical novels, including The King Must Die, The Last of the Wine, and The Persian Boy. The biography The Nature of Alexander is one of her only nonfiction books. She died in Cape Town in 1983.
Classificazione: 5 su 5.
Reading time: from 7 to 17 May 2021.
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Originally published at https://alessandroiiidimacedonia.wordpress.com on May 28, 2021.
