Last of the Wine. A Virago Modern Classic, Paperback - Mary Renault

Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a novelist, Mary Renault masterfully brings the ancient world to life in this page...

First published in 1953, The Charioteer is a tender, intelligent coming-of-age novel and a bold, unapologetic portrayal of homosexuality that stand...

Combining the scholarship of a historian with the imagination of a novelist, Mary Renault brings the ancient Greek stage thrillingly to life.

The King Must Die retells the story of Theseus, bringing mythology vividly to life.

A sparkling, unconventional social comedy set in bohemian 1930s London.Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Mary RenaultNumber of pages: 3...

The sequel to Mary Renault's classic The King Must Die, which continues the story of the mythological hero Theseus after his return from Crete.

In the second novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ...

An unforgettable picture of love, loss and the keeping up of appearances. Published as part of a beautifully designed series to mark the 40th anniv...

An unforgettable picture of love, loss and the keeping up of appearances

A captivating classic novel of a poor girl striving to create beauty among the bombsites of postwar London.

Rumer Godden's enchanting classic about a girl who overcomes the odds to become a ballet dancer will thrill young readers.Publisher: Little, Brown ...

*A classic tale of fantasy and self-delusion from one of the most acclaimed British novelists of the twentieth century

Rumer Godden's classic novel China Court, first published in the 1960s, is a compelling story of a century of love, ambition and endurance.Publishe...

First published in 1968 and shortlisted for the Booker Prize, The Public Image couldn't be more relevant for today's celebrity-obsessed culture. Th...

Barbara Comyns' witty and touching classic The Vet's Daughter tells the story of Alice, a young woman from Edwardian south London who is gripped by...

Witty yet elegant, Territorial Rights is a celebration of human imperfection and complexity, with as many shifting identities, wardrobe changes, an...

To everyone around them, Melinda and Vic Van Allen are the perfect couple - young, wealthy and attractive. But when their love sours, their mind ga...

Nell Dunn's 1967 novel which was made into a film directed by Ken LoachPublisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Nell DunnNumber of pages: 160C...

Winner of the James Tait Black Memorial Prize when first published in 1965, The Mandelbaum Gate is among Muriel Spark's most accomplished novels.

The classic novel - the first she ever wrote - by acclaimed, Man Booker Prize-winning author Beryl Bainbridge, Harriet Said... is a dark and grippi...

In this delightful summertime comedy from Angela Thirkell's classic 1930s Barsetshire series, Oxford student Richard Tebben is won over by the dash...

First published in 1962 as 'La Placa del Diamant', this is considered the most important Catalan novel of all time. This is a new English translation.

Published in 1963 Up the Junction won the John Llewellyn Rhys Memorial Prize, was adapted into a film and was the inspiration for the song of the s...

Rumer Godden's classic wartime love story is a dramatic tale that was the basis for the film Enchantment starring David Niven.

A gripping novel that explores the shifting sands of moral values - is murder still murder when committed in a lawless place?

In 1961, Patricia Highsmith received a fan letter from a prison inmate. A correspondence ensued and Highsmith became fascinated with the psychologi...

A brilliantly gripping psychological thriller. Too much love can be a bad thing.

Rumer Godden's classic novel tells the story of a young English woman's dramatic and disturbing experiences in Himalayan Kashmir.Publisher: Little,...

First published in 1980, this is the fourth novel in Highsmith's hugely influential, groundbreaking Ripley series.

Barbara Comyns' classic first novel weaves a vivid, funny tale - told in the unique style of her young narrator - of a chaotic and ultimately tragi...

Seventeen menacing spine-chillers full of Patricia Highsmith's trademark simmering malice.

Found in the Street is a haunting psychological thriller, by the queen of the genre, in which there is only a breath between nightmare and reality.

Rumer Godden's coming-of-age story set in post-colonial East Bengal is a vivid and haunting classic.Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): R...

Completed just months before Patricia Highsmith's death in 1995, Small g explores the labyrinthine intricacies of passion, sexuality, and jealousy ...

People Who Knock on the Door, is a tale about blind faith and the slippery notion of justice that lies beneath the peculiarly American veneer of ri...

The classic thriller behind the Hitchcock film, and Highsmith's first novel - soon to be remade by David Fincher, director of Gone Girl, with a scr...

Elizabeth Taylor's most famous novel, shortlisted for the 1975 Booker Prize, is published in VMC designer hardback. Cover by Celia Birtwell.Publish...

The Talented Mr Ripley is one of the most influential, groundbreaking crime novels ever written. To mark the novel's 60th anniversary, we are addin...