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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful. Wonderful , Fabulous ProseBy Jason Golombldquo;The voices sank and rose, sank and rose higher. It was like the north wind when it blows screaming through mountain gorges; like the keening of a thousand widows in a burning town; like the cry of she-wolves to the moon. And under it, over it, through our blood and skulls and entrails, the bellow of a the gong.rdquo;- from Mary Renaultrsquo;s ldquo;The King Must Die"Mary Renault weaves a tale so mythic in scope, that the story itself is only outshone by her fabulous prose. Beyond a vague awareness of the Minotaur, I was not familiar with the ancient Greek tales of . Renault takes the myth and works her narrative like Hephaestus works metal; into a believable and credible story.The novel is flush with gods and goddesses, though not in a true physical sense nor are they metaphysically present, but they persist within the psyche of the Greek people (note: there was no lsquo;Greecersquo; in this period, but for the sake of saving space, Irsquo;ll generalize). Theseus believes fully in their existence and his fate that's tied to their whims.Is he human? Is he a god? Or did he spawn from something in between? He certainly believes in the supernatural, and that he has an exceptional relationship with . He is driven by fate and faith. His entire existence is colored by the mythical hands from above (and below) that guide his lifersquo;s path.He is crushed when , the daughter of Cretersquo;s King , shockingly relates the planning involved prior to her reading of oracles, ldquo;We have ninety clerks working in the Palace alone. It would be a chase every month, if no one knew what the oracles were going to be.rdquo; Ariadnersquo;s pragmatic revelation that creates a crack in Theseusrsquo; fatehellip;one, though, that hersquo;s able to keep from spreading.The mythic themes provide the outline for Renaultrsquo;s story. , the mistress of Theseusrsquo; (human) father, spits this curse, which touches on the well-know elements of the Theseus myth: ldquo;You will cross water to dance in blood. You will be King of the victims. You will tread the maze through fire, and you will tread it through darkness. Three bulls are waiting for you, son of Aigeus. The Earth Bull, and the Man Bull and the Bull from the Sea.rdquo;Within this context, the lsquo;historicalrsquo; aspect to this lsquo;historical' fiction is very realistic and true to its age and time. The historical misogyny is appropriate in the world and age of Theseus and is often chivalric in itrsquo;s own way. The battlefield amongst male and female gods is a significant theme and Theseus travels between societies who sometimes favor the gods and others who favor the goddesses.Theseus remembering an exchange with his Grandfather when he was still a boy, explaining a violent animal sacrifice to a young boy grappling with itrsquo;s meaning. ldquo;I had no word to say to him. The seed is still, when first it falls into the furrow.rdquo; Like Theseusrsquo; Grandfather, Renault prose plants seeds which grow over time to expose their full meaning and understanding.I highly recommend this book.2 of 2 people found the following review helpful. Renault unsurpassed a historical novelistBy Elizabeth MckenzieTheseus was one of the great Greek heroes, and Renault writes this first part if his life in The King Must Die. From Theseus' (Greek) viewpoint, he was the hero, overcoming the Eleusinians who made him their king for a year (meant to die at the end), and overcoming the Cretans who accepted him among the annual tribute of "bull dancers," and evading the Asterion, son of the King of , and ... oops... laying waste to women wherever he went. I read this again and again as a teen and young adult... and reading it again as an older woman, I am not as fond of Theseus as I was long ago. But it's still a great book!4 of 4 people found the following review helpful. Brings to lifeBy Rob Said ThatI first read this in my twenties, and thought it an excellent historical novel. Reading it again decades later, I have to say I'm even more impressed. The way Renault weaves myth into living, breathing flesh and bone is nothing short of godlike. Her prose is vivid and compelling, and the first-person narrative captures the beliefs of the time in a way that puts you right there, feeling what someone who lived and believed the myths must have felt.The story is nothing short of a miracle, illuminating the process by which Hellenic Greece supplanted the Minoan matriarchal societies. Yet it has plenty of intrigue and action, and the character of Theseus is richly drawn. His arrogance shows through, as does his reverence for the gods, especially his "father" god, Poseidon. Some have been bothered in the past by Renault's depiction of varied sexual orientations which, for the time they were written, was considered very frank and perhaps even scandalous. I'm not gay myself, but this and Renault's other books help people see such things an integral part of the human condition. They're not "gay" novels per se; she just tells things as they were (or are).I read a lot of historical fiction (and have written some myself), and I can't call to mind anyone who does it better than Mary Renault. Until they invent time travel, hers is the best way of living and breathing the life of ancient Greece.

The epic of Thesus, the boy king of Eleusis, ritually preordained to die after one year of marriage to the sacred queen but who defies God's decree and claims his inheritancemdash;the throne of . This re-creation of a Greek myth is written by the author of The Last of the Wine.

From the Inside FlapThe story of the mythical hero Theseus, slayer of monsters, abductor of princesses and king of Athens. He emerges from these pages as a clearly defined personality; brave, aggressive and quick. The core of the story is Theseus' Cretan adventure.About the AuthorMary Renault is a contributor for the following Houghton Mifflin Company Title:

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