![]() The first of Mary Renault’s celebrated historical novels of ancient Greece, The Last of the Wine follows Alexias and Lysis into adulthood, when Athens is defeated by Sparta, the Thirty Tyrants take hold of the city, and the lives of both men are changed forever. They attend the Olympics, partake in symposia, fight on the battlefields of the Peloponnesian War, and fall in love. Together, the young men come of age in an Athens on the verge of great upheaval. Prized for his beauty and athletic prowess, Alexias studies under Sokrates with his closest friend, Lysis. ![]() Alexias is a young aristocrat living during the end of Athens’s Golden Age. Summary New York Times bestseller: A “highly superior historical novel” about the bond that grows between two men in ancient Athens (Saturday Review). ![]() The Last of the Wine - A Novel Mary Renault Sorry, the publisher does not allow users to read this book from the country from which you are connecting. ![]()
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