The King Must Die Audiobook by Mary Renault

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Title: The King Must Die
Subtitle: A Full-Cast BBC Radio Dramatisation
Categories: Ancient, Fiction, Historical Fiction
Author: Mary Renault
Narrator: Alex Jennings, Frances Jeater, Ian Bura, Carole Boyd, Gary Bond
Publisher: BBC Audio
Release date: 04-24-2025
Language: English

Summary:
An epic eleven-part adaptation of Mary Renault’s ‘Theseus’ novels
Widely considered as one of the finest historical novelists of the 20th century, Mary Renault brought the ancient world alive, turning age-old myths of gods and monsters into compelling human stories. In The King Must Die and its sequel, The Bull from the Sea, she retells the legend of Theseus, one of the greatest heroes of Ancient Greece.
This enthralling radio adaptation comprises both classic books, charting Theseus’ journey as he leaves the city of his birth and travels through mainland Greece in a quest to discover his true identity and destiny. Brought up in Trolzen, where his grandfather is king, he believes he was fathered by the god Poseidon. But on his 17th birthday, the secret of his parentage is revealed, and his adventures begin.
Crowned year-king of Eleusis, he escapes certain death and voyages to Athens to meet his father, King Aegeus, and claim his heritage. Instead, he becomes a slave and bull-dancer in Minoan Crete – and finds himself facing the malignant Minotaurus in the Labyrinth deep beneath the Palace of Knossos. Returning to Greece, Theseus becomes High King of Attica, but the Fates are not done with him yet.

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