The King Must Die, (Paperback)

from janerawoof

Brilliant retelling of the story of Theseus! I started this novel more as a duty than as enjoyment, but was soon plunged into the world of ancient Greece. I can see why this novel has survived all ...

from saturnloft

My opinion of this book was highly unfavorable until the main character ended up as a bull dancer on the isle of Crete. That was when the author really hit her stride. Or perhaps I just became inte...

from krasiviye.slova

Much like Marion Zimmer Bradley's The Mists of Avalon, The King Must Die presents a myth of the origin of patriarchal rule in government and religion. Theseus, from whose perspective the story is t...

from LisaMaria_C

This book was assigned to me in high school, and after that I quickly read every historical novel by Renault I could get a hold of. It's certainly one of the books responsible for making me interes...

from MerryMary

Another example of Renault's masterful handling of the ancient world. Theseus first finds his father - a task fraught with danger - and then finds himself trained as a bull-leaper and sacrifice to ...