The Praise Singer: A Novel

The New York Times–bestselling portrayal of the life of ancient Greece's lyric poet. "[Renault's] historical novels . . . are among the finest ever written" (The Washington Post Book World).

Simonides of Keos lived during the fifth and sixth centuries BC, a fertile period for the arts, when myths were being acted out and verse had just begun to be written down. In this evocative portrayal of Simonides, the poet is learning to master his craft and secure fickle patrons, and his travels ...