The Persian Boy by Mary Renault
It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior.-The Atlantic MonthlyThe Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's 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 Alexander's mysterious death, we are left wondering if this Persian boy understood the great warrior and his ambitions better than anyone.
Mary Renault was born in London and educated at Oxford. She then trained for three years as a nurse, and wrote her first published novel, Promise of Love. Her next three novels were written while serving in WWII. After the war, she settled in South Africa and traveled considerably in Africa and Greece. It was at this time that she began writing her brilliant historical reconstructions of ancient Greece, including The King Must Die, The Last of the Wine, and The Persian Boy. She died in Cape Town in 1983.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780394481913 |
| ISBN 10 | 0394481917 |
| Title | The Persian Boy |
| Author | Mary Renault |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Publisher | Pantheon Books |
| Year published | 1972-10-12 |
| Number of pages | 419 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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