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Item Details
Title:
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THE BULL FROM THE SEA
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By: |
Mary Renault |
Format: |
Hardback |
List price:
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£46.50 |
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ISBN 10: |
0765807831 |
ISBN 13: |
9780765807830 |
Publisher: |
TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC |
Pub. date: |
31 December, 2001 |
Edition: |
Large type / large print edition |
Series: |
Transaction Large Print S. |
Pages: |
340 |
Description: |
This is the story of Theseus, King of Athens. Renault reconstructs ancient Greek politics, giving readers a glimpse of the reign of Theseus, torn between his genius for kingship and his triumphant craving for adventure. |
Synopsis: |
The Bull from the Sea is the story of Theseus, King of Athens, but also Mary Renault's brilliant historical reconstruction of ancient Greek politics. Throughout his reign, Theseus is torn between his genius for kingship and his truant craving for adventure. As Theseus for a dynastic marriage with Phaedra, Pirithoos, the pirate prince, lures him off to explore the unknown Euxine, where he meets and captures the young warrior priestess Hippolyta. She is the love of his life, and that love is the crux of his fate. The bull of Marathon, the battle of the Lapiths and Kentaurs, and the moon-goddess cult of Pontos are merely a portion of the legendary material that Renault weaves into the fabric of great historical fiction. Whether or not these myths have their far-distant origin in actual events, the author's imagination and scholarship have invested them with immediate amd magical reality. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Transaction Publishers |
Returns: |
Returnable |
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