David Sweetman: Mary Renault (Book Review)

[selenak]

Finally read this one. I was familiar with Sweetman's Vincent Van Gogh biography, which is good, and his take on Mary Renault didn't disappoint, either. Some of the biographical details were expected: most of all, the mother from hell (thanks, Clementine Challans, for providing your daughter with a life long complex about a) women, b) being a woman

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[trobadora]

one who had frittered away her chance of power for something as unworthy as sex

Wha...? *boggles*

[selenak]

I know. I mean, Antony gets accused of that from the Augustan pov. But this is really the first time I've read anyone describing Cleopatra this way. Who were David Sweetman's history teachers?