The Persian Boy
of Mary Renault
Series: Alexander the Great #2
Description
âIt takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior.ââThe Atlantic MonthlyThe Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexanderâs life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas was sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with Alexander after the Macedon army conquered his homeland. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes-mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper. After Alexanderâs mysterious death, we are left wondering if this Persian boy understood the great warrior and his ambitions better than anyone.
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Book Details
- Format Paperback
- Pages 432 pages
- Publisher Vintage
- Publication Date February 12th 1988
- First Publication 10/28/72
- Language English
- ISBN 9780394751016
- Edition Not informed
- Category Other
- Scenario ['Persia', 'Persian Empire']
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