by Mary Renault · Salvat · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788434591011
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«El rey debe morir» is the historical novel by Mary Renault, published by Salvat in paperback (398 pages, in Spanish).
The title refers to the ancient tradition that forced the sacred king to die. The novel follows Theseus, boy king of Eleusis, who defies that fate, travels to Crete, faces the Minotaur in the labyrinth and brings about the fall of Minos's palace before becoming one of the great seafarers of classical Greece.
First novel in Mary Renault's Theseus series; the work was originally published in 1958, and this Salvat edition is from 1995.
Will appeal to fans of historical fiction and reinterpretations of Greek mythology.
Eileen Mary Challans, known by her pen name Mary Renault, was a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.
