| Record Number |
738692 |
| ISBN |
9781844089611 (paperback) |
| 1844089614 (paperback) |
| Author |
Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 author. |
| Title |
The last of the wine / Mary Renault ; introduced by Charlotte Mendelson. |
| Publisher/Date |
London : Virago, 2015. |
| ©1956 |
| Pagination etc. |
406 pages ; 20 cm. |
| Series |
Virago modern classics |
| Summary Note |
Two young Athenians, Alexias and Lysis compete in the palaestra, take part in the Olympic games, fight in the wars against Sparta, and grow to manhood influenced by the friendship of Alkibiades and the wise guidance of Socrates. |
| Subject |
Male friendship -- Fiction |
| Young men -- Fiction |
| Greece -- History -- Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C. -- Fiction |
| Greece -- History -- To 146 B.C. -- Fiction |
| Historical fiction. |
| Added Author |
Mendelson, Charlotte, 1972- author of introduction, etc. |
| Shelf Location |
F RENA |
