By the matchless mary renault, my love for whom cannot be expressed in strong enough terms, the author of fire from heaven and the persian boy, which i read as a kid and have never stopped loving. Open library is an initiative of the internet archive, a 501c3 nonprofit, building a digital library of internet sites and other cultural artifacts in digital form. Everything, ebooks, audiobooks, periodicals, video, libraries. Born in london as eileen mary challans in 1905 and educated at the university of oxford, mary renault trained as a nurse at oxfords radcliffe infirmary. Celebrated for its literary brilliance and sincere depiction of complex human emotions, the charioteer is a stirring and beautifully rendered portrayal of love. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
It was first published in the united states in 1959. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for. A virago modern classic virago modern classics, band 323 taschenbuch. Fiction, world war, 19391945, gay men, veterans hospitals, veterans, conscientious objectors. This ebook features an illustrated biography of mary renault including rare images of the author. Read the charioteer a novel by mary renault available from rakuten kobo. The charioteer remains compelling both as a snapshot of a particular and particularly fascinating cultural moment, and as a deeply romantic story of love fulfilled against the odds. The charioteer by mary renault, 1959, pantheon edition, in english the charioteer. The charioteer by mary renault, may 12, 1983, pantheon edition, in english. Search for library items search for lists search for contacts search for a library. The charioteer project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. Finally, in the last few months, open road media started making most of renaults backlist available as ebooks. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the charioteer. It has all those qualities that make mary renault so memorable as a novelist.
Mary renault project gutenberg selfpublishing ebooks read. The charioteer is one of her earlier novels, set more in modern times world war ii, at an army hospital as it happens. I borrowed mary renaults historical novels from the school library and enjoyed them very much. Open library is an open, editable library catalog, building towards a web page for every book ever published. When i first heard of mary renault and her gay novels, i immediately.
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