The Persian Boy
by Mary Renault
Part of A Bantam book
About
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.
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