Author: RENAULT, MARY
Title: Praise Singer
Description: Pantheon, 1978. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0394502736. First Edition. Black cloth covers, goldish titles to the spine and author's signature to the cover. The DJ is unclipped and in Very Good++ condition, glossy covers without any tearing or markings. "In her latest novel of ancient Greece, Mary Renault turns to the world of the poet—the bard who since the time of Homer had sung his verses from memory for the occasions of the court. This is the life of Simonides, who lived in sixth-century Greece during the time of the tyrants, the Persian wars, and a great flowering of the arts. With her usual brilliance, Mary Renault builds on the little source material available and transforms it into a marvelously rich and full re-creation of the world of ancient art." ; Thin 8vo 8" to 9" tall; 290 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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