Besieged Fortress

Besieged Fortress cover

Besieged Fortress is a sequel to Mary Renault’s The Charioteer set seven years after the original. If you have not read the source text it is strongly recommended that you do so first.

Seven years on, Ralph and Laurie have found a precarious refuge together in Gibraltar. But in the post-War world attitudes are hardening and positions becoming polarised, and they find themselves engaged in a new conflict, one in which they may not necessarily be on the same side. And then an unexpected visitor arrives…

Warnings:
The language used is era-specific and follows that used in the original source.

Acknowledgements:
Thanks are due to shezan, who encouraged and assisted with Franco-picking.

The fonts used in this book are from the Source Serif Pro font family by Frank Grießhammer.

The images and fonts were used under license detailed on their respective website pages at the date of this book publication.

As usual, Russ from shoes for industry designed the book cover, produced the books and compiled the on-line work.

The opinions, prejudices, faults and spelling herein are all my own work, and I apologise in advance for them.


This short story is rated PG. You might also like to consider other books set in the Mary Renault fandom.

- First Edition: 27th Jul 2010
- 2nd Edition: 12th Aug 2010
- 3rd Edition: 4th May 2021

This work is created as a transformative work on a not-for-profit basis. All rights in the underlying properties are those of their respective holders.


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