{"product_id":"the-friendly-young-ladies","title":"The Friendly Young Ladies","description":"Condition: BRAND NEW\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781844089529\u003cbr\u003eFormat: B-format paperback\u003cbr\u003eYear: 2014\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: Little Brown\u003cbr\u003ePages: 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription:\u003cbr\u003eMary Renault (1905-1983) was born in London and educated at St Hughs, Oxford. She trained as a nurse at Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary, where she met her lifelong partner, Julie Mullard. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003ePurposes of Love\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 1937. In 1948, after \u003ci\u003eNorth Face\u003c\/i\u003e won a MGM prize worth $150,000, she and Mullard emigrated to South Africa. There, Renault was able to write forthrightly about homosexual relationships for the first time - in her masterpiece, \u003ci\u003eThe Charioteer\u003c\/i\u003e (1953), and then in her first historical novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Last of the Wine (1956)\u003c\/i\u003e. Renault's vivid novels set in the ancient world brought her worldwide fame. In 2010 \u003ci\u003eFire From Heaven\u003c\/i\u003e was shortlisted for the Lost Booker of 1970.","brand":"ALLIANCE DIST - SF","offers":[{"title":"Default","offer_id":41859269689477,"sku":"PR432334","price":39.3,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/smartfoxbooks.co.nz\/products\/the-friendly-young-ladies","provider":"Smartfox Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}