The Last of the Wine
by Renault, Mary
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Good +
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Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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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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- Bookseller
- Granny Goose Books (CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008038
- Title
- The Last of the Wine
- Author
- Renault, Mary
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Good +
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Longmans, Green & Co.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1956
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Adult Fiction;
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