The King Must Die

De: Mary Renault

Narrado por: Kris Dyer

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 inheritance - the throne of Athens. This re-creation of a Greek myth is written by the author of The Last of the Wine.

©1958 Mary Renault (P)2015 Audible, Ltd

Reseñas de la Crítica

"One of the truly fine historical novels of modern times. Not since Robert Graves's I, Claudius has there been such an exciting living image of the Ancient World on this grand scale." ( New York Times)
"Takes the raw material of myth and makes it credible - I am spellbound by Miss Renault's art." ( Observer)
"Vivid and convincing...it brims with feeling." ( Sunday Times)

Ancient Greece Brought to Life

Just as wonderful, magical and entertaining as when I first read this 65 years ago.

Astonishingly Good!

This is the first book I’ve listened to by Mary Renault and I’m utterly amazed! I joined Audible to listen to the current offer by Margaret George and was very disappointed by a writer I’ve loved for years. So glad I did listen to Ms George because it led me to Ms Renault. Incredible writing and the narration is flawless! I absolutely couldn’t put it down.

one of my favorite books,

I love mary renaults writing, she makes mythology seem real and keeps the mystery intact at the same time. this Audible selection is well- performed.

returning home

it's a pleasure to know what I enjoyed reading at 16 sounds just as good listening at 80. if you haven't met Mary Renault see that you do because she is still beautiful Rider. we have Homer only in memory she will do as a substitute a little more could he said in appreciation

Terrible narration

I just couldn’t handle this story. In addition to the serious internalized misogyny the author is dealing with, the story is just choppy and dull— how do you make green mythology *dull*?? Even worse, the narrator has such a weird & pausing delivery. Even speeding it up to 1.3 speed didn’t help. I didn’t even finish the third chapter.