Join us for our next book, #TheCharioteer by #MaryRenault. A wounded #WWII soldier convalesces in a UK hospital, meeting an orderly who offers him a life path at odds with his mentor’s world-weary #gay community. RSVP to discuss this landmark work of fiction 👉🏽 meetu.ps/e/PvwpQ/19RJ... #SanAntonio

Mary Renault English writer Mary Renault was BOTD in 1905. Born Eileen Mary Challans in London, she studied English at Oxford University, where her tutor J. R. R. Tolkien encourage her to write historical ficti…

English writer Mary Renault, best known for her gay-themed romance novels “The Charioteer” and “The Last of the Wine”, was BOTD in 1905. #maryrenault #supergays #bornonthisday

Mary Renault English writer Mary Renault was BOTD in 1905. Born Eileen Mary Challans in London, she studied English at Oxford University, where her tutor J. R. R. Tolkien encourage her to write historical ficti…

English writer Mary Renault, best known for her gay-themed romance novels “The Charioteer” and “The Last of the Wine”, was BOTD in 1905. #maryrenault #supergays #bornonthisday

20 authors you’d recommend to a friend. One author per day, no particular order.

#booksky #books #bookchallenge #readingchallenge
#MaryRenault #TheKingMustDie #TheBullFromTheSea #ThePersianBoy #TheMaskOfApollo #TheLastOfTheWine #TheCharioteer

16/20: Mary Renault

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Beautiful new clothes for an underrated writer.
#MaryRenault
#Virago

April’s reading was all about the Classics - I loved each one of these books.
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#circe #madelinemiller #divinemight #nataliehaynes #thekingmustdie #maryrenault #aprilreading #womeninclassics #booklover #readeveryday

I Q U O T E O F T H E D A Y I

There is a beauty of the soul that works up through bitterness like a vein of marble through earth.
- Mary Renault - The last of the wine -

Photo by Yves

#quoteoftheday #maryrenault #photography #photo #fineartphotography #blackandwhitephotography #bluesky

I A B O U T T O D A Y I

Enjoying a #nespresso #coffee while listening to rain on my window while reading #maryrenault. I always love the sound of the rain on my window.
#photography #photo #reading #book #thelastofthewine #art #artist #stillife #blueskyart #blueskyphotography #queerart

I A B O U T T O D A Y I

How wonderful it is to loose oneself in the intricately woven worlds of Mary Renault. Have a great Saturday everyone.
#saturday #maryrenault #thelastofthewine #coffee #nespresso #nespressovertuo #book #historicalfiction #read #reading #abouttoday

#CenazeOyunları

Büyük İskender Üçlemesi, ünlü tarihi roman yazarı Mary Renault’nun, çarpıcı yeteneğiyle antik dünyanın gerçek kahramanlarını canlandırdığı, kanları ve terleriyle, tüm tutkuları ve vahşetleriyle ve dünyevi hırslarıyla kurguladığı başyapıtı.

#İthakiYayınları #MaryRenault

Alexander the Great’s childhood- the #book gets a bit boring towards the middle 5.5/10 #MaryRenault #FirefromHeaven

cover of ' the persian boy ' by Mary Renault

My 10 favorite Novels to take me somewhere else and learn something at the same time 💙📚 #Booksky #thepersianboy #maryrenault

Contemplating my 2025 bookstack 😃📚 #booksky
#HanKang #MurakamiHaruki #Kawabata #HilaryMantel #SiangLu #WillSelf #MaryRenault #Cities #GhostCities #WeimarRepublic #Rome #AlexandertheGreat #Greece #Gwangju #Japan #China

Cover of The King Must Die by Mary Renault

Joining in!

Choose 20 books that have influenced or stayed with you and post on 20 consecutive days

No explanation. No comments. Just covers
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#bookchallenge
#maryrenault

A reread of the authors who give me the most courage seems in order #maryrenault #thekingmustdie #thepersianboy #lovewins #queerclassics