The Praise Singer
by Renault, Mary
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
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About This Item
Synopsis
Mary Renault was born in London and educated at Oxford. She then trained for three years as a nurse, and wrote her first published novel, Promise of Love . Her next three novels were written while serving in WWII. After the war, she settled in South Africa and traveled considerably in Africa and Greece. It was at this time that she began writing her brilliant historical reconstructions of ancient Greece, including The King Must Die, The Last of the Wine , and The Persian Boy . She died in Cape Town in 1983.
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Details
- Seller
- Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB (CA)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 156294
- Title
- The Praise Singer
- Author
- Renault, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Book Club Associates
- Place of Publication
- London
- Keywords
- Fiction, Historical Fiction
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fiction;
Terms of Sale
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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About the Seller
Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
About Burton Lysecki Books, ABAC/ILAB
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