An edition of The Persian Boy
(1972)
The Persian boy
1st Vintage Books ed.
by Mary Renault
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October 15, 2025 | History
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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Eunuchs, Fiction, Generals, History, Kings and rulers, Biographical fiction, Historischer Roman, Macedonian Expansion (Greece : 359-323 B.C.) fast (OCoLC)fst01353599, Kings, queens, rulers, Alexander, Fiction, general, Greece, fiction, LGBTQ historical fiction, Fiction, historical, Fiction, biographical, Fiction, romance, historical, Fiction, romance, historical, general| Edition | Availability |
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Persian Boy : A Novel of Alexander the Great: a Virago Modern Classic
2024, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
0349018553 9780349018553
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Persian Boy : A Novel of Alexander the Great: a Virago Modern Classic
2014, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
1405526211 9781405526210
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Persian Boy : A Novel of Alexander the Great: a Virago Modern Classic
2014, Little, Brown Book Group Limited
in English
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Persian Boy: An Historical Novel (10 Cassettes)
June 1986, Recorded Books
Audio Cassette
9997845293 9789997845290
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Persian Boy : An Historical Novel (10 Cassettes)
June 1986, Recorded Books
Audio Cassette
155690407X 9781556904073
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The Persian Boy
1982, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback
in English
- Reissue edition
0553225464 9780553225464
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