Mary Renault: A BiographyAuthor Contributor(s): Sweetman, David Publisher: Mariner Books Date: 7 15 1994 Binding: Paperback Condition: NEW The author of The Charioteer and The King Must Die, Renault studied at Oxford but eventually abandoned the academic world and England for South Africa, where she and her companion, Julie Mullard, remained. "A superb biography of an exceptional novelist" (New Yorker). Named a Notable Book of the Year by the New York Times. Index;