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The Last of the Wine
Unknown author · historical fiction
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.
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The Last of the Wine by Unknown author is historical fiction rooted in Global / multiple. 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.
On HisFic we tag it under 1. Literary historical fiction so you can pair it with similar story types. Recurring themes include fiction, greece peloponnesian war, 431-404 b.c., history, male friendship, and men.
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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.
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- 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
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