Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: notesfiles Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!decvax!ucbvax!ucbcad!ucbesvax.vallath From: vallath@ucbesvax.UUCP Newsgroups: net.books Subject: Historical novels by Mary Renault Message-ID: <1700010@ucbesvax.UUCP> Date: Mon, 27-Feb-84 17:47:00 EST Article-I.D.: ucbesvax.1700010 Posted: Mon Feb 27 17:47:00 1984 Date-Received: Wed, 29-Feb-84 11:20:16 EST Organization: UC Berkeley, EE/SESM Lines: 15 Nf-ID: #N:ucbesvax:1700010:000:634 Nf-From: ucbesvax!vallath Feb 27 14:47:00 1984 To those of you interested in historical novels, Mary Renault, who died recently, has written excellent novels based on the lives of Greek heroes and Alexander. They are not merely legends retold, since she has attempted to make the more fantastic parts of the legend credible, maintaining at the same time much of the original legend's details. Her writing, in fact, lends an everyday quality to the strange life she describes. I would like to have some suggestions for similar historical novels and writers thereof from notes readers. You could mail to me or better, write a note. Vallath Nandakumar esvax.vallath@berkeley