Mary Renault's Worldbuilding

from The LRB Podcast Hosted by The London Review of Books

Miranda Carter joins Tom to talk about the life and historical fiction of Mary Renault, whose popular and ingenious retellings of stories from Ancient Greece have never been out of print. They discuss her eventful life, which took her from Edwardian East London to apartheid South Africa, and her meticulous classical reconstructions. Find further reading on the episode page: lrb.me/maryrenaultpod Subscribe to Close Readings Plus: lrb.me/closereadings

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