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The Persian Boy

By Mary Renault

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Publish Date

1972

Publisher

Pantheon Books

Language

eng

Pages

424

Description:

Historical novel set in the time of Alexander the Great. This novel tells the story of the climactic last seven years of Alexander the Great's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas, a eunoch who was sold to King Darius of Persia, but found freedom with the great general, sustaining Alexander through mutiny, assassination attempts and two wives.