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Mary Renault
1905 – 1983
Mary Renault (born Eileen Mary Challans) was born in the year 1905 in London, where her dad was a doctor. She went to Oxford first with the idea that she would become a teacher, but later found she wanted to be a writer instead, and after she got her degree she should broaden her knowledge on human life.
17 Books
3 Series
Publication Order
Standalone Books
Purposes of Love
1939
The Friendly Young Ladies
1943
Kind Are Her Answers
1947
Return to Night
1947
North Face
1948
The Charioteer
1953
The Last of the Wine
1956
The Lion in the Gateway
1964
The Mask of Apollo
1966
The Praise Singer
1978
Promise of Love
1978