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The Last of the Wine

  • Mary Renault

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The Last of the Wine is Mary Renault's first novel set in ancient Greece, the setting that would become her most important arena. The novel was published in 1956 and is the second of her works to feature male homosexuality as a major theme. It was a bestseller within the gay community.

Genres

  • Fiction
  • Greece Peloponnesian War, 431-404 B.C.
  • History
  • Male friendship
  • Men
  • Young men
  • Peloponnesian War (Greece : 431-404 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01353967
  • Fiction, historical
  • Greece, fiction
  • Friendship, fiction
  • Fiction, historical, general
  • LGBTQ historical fiction
  • Fiction, general
  • LGBTQ fiction before Stonewall
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About the author

  • Mary Renault

    4 September 1905 - 13 December 1983

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Editions

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    Pantheon

    1957

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    Pantheon

    1957

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    Pantheon

    1957

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    Vintage Books

    2001

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New English Library

1983

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    Pocket Books

    1967

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    Four Square

    1964

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    Pantheon

    1957

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    Pocket Books

    1967

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    Editora y Distribuidora Hispano Americana, S.A.

    Nov 27, 2003

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    Pocket Books

    1967

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    Pocket Books

    1964

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    Pocket Books

    1964

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    The New English Library Ltd

    1962

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    Longmans

    1962

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    Pocket Books

    1964

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    Pantheon Books

    1956

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    NEL ed.

    New English Library

    1970

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    Pantheon Books

    1956

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    Little, Brown Book Group Limited

    2015

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    Vintage Books

    1975

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    Pantheon Books

    1956

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    New English Library

    1970

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    Pocket Cardinal ed.

    Pocket Books

    1964

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    Sceptre

    1986

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    ARROW (RAND)

    May 6, 2004

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    Pocket Books

    1964

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    The New English Library Ltd.

    1964

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    Random House Trade Paperbacks

    1975-10-01

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    Signet

    December 18, 1973

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    Signet

    December 18, 1973

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    Zemorah, Bitan

    1988

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    Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

    2014

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    Hodder & Stoughton

    1975

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    Books on Tape

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    Textbook Publishers

    2003

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    Pantheon

    1956-01-01

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    Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

    2013

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    Pantheon

    1956-01-01

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    Little, Brown Book Group Limited

    2015

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    Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

    2013

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    Audible Studios

    2015-03-19

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    Four Square

    1963-01-01

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    Pantheon

    1956-01-01

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    NEW ENGLISH LIBARY

    1970-01-01

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    Open Road Integrated Media, Inc.

    2013

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    Longmans

    1964

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    Longmans, Green

    1956

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    Landsborough

    1960

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    Longman