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First published in 1953, The Charioteer is a tender, intelligent coming-of-age novel and a bold, ...

'Renault's best historical novel yet.... Every detail has solid historical testimony to support i...

'All my sense of the ancient world - its values, its style, the scent of its wars and passions - ...

In The Last of the Wine, two young Athenians, Alexias and Lysis, compete in the palaestra, journe...

'The Charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular - and particularly fascinat...

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