# The King Must Die

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- Book: [The King Must Die](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-renault/the-king-must-die) ([The King Must Die.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-renault/the-king-must-die.md))
- Authors: [Mary Renault](https://www.bookquiver.com/mary-renault)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-03-9475-104-7
- Pages: 352
- Published: 1988-02-12
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

In this ambitious, ingenious narrative, celebrated historical novelist Mary Renault take legendary hero Theseus and spins his myth into a fast-paced and exciting story. Renault starts with Theseus' early...