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Mary Renault Novelist

  • Gender: Female
  • Citizenship: England
  • Born: Sep 4, 1905
  • Died: Dec 13, 1983

Mary Renault, born Eileen Mary Challans, was an English writer best known for her historical novels set in Ancient Greece. In addition to vivid fictional portrayals of Theseus, Socrates, Plato and Alexander the Great, she wrote a non-fiction biography of Alexander.

How can people trust the harvest, unless they see it sown? trust

Money buys many things... The best of which is freedom. freedom

Thanksgiving November 28, 2024

The thankful receiver bears a plentiful harvest. 32 more wisdom & wit from William Blake

32 more wisdom & wit from William Blake

Drink and be thankful to the host! What seems insignificant when you have it, is important when you need it. 6 views from Franz Grillparzer

6 views from Franz Grillparzer

For what I have received may the Lord make me truly thankful. And more truly for what I have not received. 2 quotes from Storm Jameson

2 quotes from Storm Jameson

To give thanks in solitude is enough. Thanksgiving has wings and goes where it must go. Your prayer knows much more about it than you do. 73 thoughts from Victor Hugo

73 thoughts from Victor Hugo