A review by mousie_books
The King Must Die by Mary Renault

3.0

The King Must Die is the tale of Theseus told as if it were realistic, historical fiction (even tempting to classify it as such). I knew virtually nothing about Theseus other than he killed the Minotaur (which I gleaned from the back cover), and there was somehow a ball of twine involved. After reading up on the myth, I was impressed by the faithfulness despite the 'realism'. In general, I like the idea of creating plausible events that could have mutated into myth, and it was well done here.