{"id":37189,"date":"2025-05-09T20:52:29","date_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/mary-renault-by-david-sweetman-3\/"},"modified":"2025-05-09T20:52:29","modified_gmt":"2025-05-09T20:52:29","slug":"mary-renault-by-david-sweetman-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lesbianfunworld.com\/books\/mary-renault-by-david-sweetman-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Mary Renault by David Sweetman"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Mary Renault<\/em><\/h2>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A Biography (A Harvest Book)<\/em><\/h3>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">David Sweetman<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div style=\"font-size: 17px;\">\n<p>The author of The Charioteer and The King Must Die, Renault studied at Oxford but eventually abandoned the academic world and England for South Africa, where she and her companion, Julie Mullard, remained. &#8216;A superb biography of an exceptional novelist&#8217; (New Yorker). Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times. Index; photographs.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<hr \/>\n<div>\n<h2>Details<\/h2>\n<style type=\"text\/css\">\n .TFtable<br \/> .TFtable td<br \/> \/*  Define the text for all the 2nd columns  *\/<br \/> .TFtable td:nth-child(2)<br \/><\/style>\n<table class=\"TFtable\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><b>ISBN: <\/b>9780156000604<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Genre: <\/b>Autobiography\/Biography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Subject: <\/b>Homosexuality And Literature\/ History\/ 20th Century; Lesbians &#8211; Great Britain &#8211; Biography; Lesbians\/ Great Britain\/ Biography; Novelists, English &#8211; 20th Century; Novelists, English\/ 20th Century\/ Biography<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Publication Date: <\/b>1994-07-15<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Publisher: <\/b>Mariner Books<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Language: <\/b>English<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Format: <\/b>Paperback<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Rating:<\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Notes: <\/b><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><b>Book_ID: 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