# Mary Renault
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Eileen Mary Challans (4 September 1905 – 13 December 1983), known by her pen name mary renault (), was a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.
Born in Forest Gate in 1905, she attended St Hugh's College, Oxford, from 1924 until 1928. After graduating from St Hugh's with a Third Class in English, she worked as a nurse and began writing her first novels, which were contemporary romances.
FIRE FROM HEAVEN BY MARY RENAULT
The legacy of Mary Renault cannot be underestimated. Her marvellous historical fantasy trilogy about Alexander the Great was one of the first in any genre to break the mould and include homosexual love in a popular literature. Writing more than half a century ago, she dared to break the rules not …
Ep. 272 - The Queen of Grimdark Anna Smith Spark on Autism, Writing, & Epic Fantasy
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Anna Smith Spark loves grimdark and epic fantasy and historical military fiction. She has a BA in Classics, an MA in history and a PhD in English Literature. She has previously been published in the Fortean Times and the poetry website www.greatworks.org.uk.…
The most overrated director VS the greatest myth
Picture a boy. He’s seven years old, small for his age, standing in the sun-baked dust of an ancient palace courtyard.
He is looking at a horse. But not just any horse. This is the King Horse. A towering, magnificent stallion, wild-eyed, muscle-bound, and vibrating with primal power.
Earl…
Miriam Schulman: Artpreneur, and Mary Renault's The Bull from the Sea
Re-Creative Spotlight: Miriam Schulman
In the latest episode of Re-Creative, Mark and I welcome Miriam Schulman. Miriam is an artist, author, and — as host of The Inspiration Podcast — a fellow podcaster. Miriam kind of blew my mind because she’s good at the business side of art. As our conversatio…
Miriam Schulman: Artpreneur, and Mary Renault's The Bull from the Sea
In the latest episode of Re-Creative, Mark and Joe welcome Miriam Schulman. Miriam is an artist, author, and — as host of The Inspiration Podcast — a fellow podcaster. Miriam kind of blew Joe's mind because she’s good at the business side of art. As our conversation went on Joe became increasingly …
The Plight of Graham Phillips and Cinematic Snafus
On this week’s show, Peter will be asking why the foreign office is still going after Graham Phillips, and Sarah will be grabbing the popcorn and headed to the cheap seats to talk film/book adaptations, some good, some not so good.
And we’ll be opening up our mailbag to discuss Sarah’s best nightie…
King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation Audiobook by Mary Renault
https://libranovo.com/free Listen to free audiobooks with a 30-day free trial! Title: King Must Die: A Full-Cast BBC Radio DramatisationGenres: Fiction & Literature, Audio Theatre, Drama, Classics, SagasAuthor: Mary RenaultNarrator: Alex Jennings, Carole Boyd, Frances Jeater, Full Cast , Gary Bond,…
Heretics: Mary Renault
Mary Renault (1905–1983):
Mary Renault was a British novelist best known for her historical fiction set in ancient Greece. Born Eileen Mary Challans in London in 1905, she studied English at St. Hugh’s College, Oxford, before training as a nurse at the Radcliffe Infirmary. There she met fellow nurs…
Mary Renault, Iran, and the Alexander Trilogy
Mary Renault is lauded as a groundbreaking LGBT authoress, but this detracts from her brilliance as a historian of ancient Greece and Iran. She masterfully weaves history, geography, and Greek literature with fiction to depict the life of Alexander the Great. Her “Persian Boy” was my introduction t…
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