by Mary Renault · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780140038408
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«The Persian Boy» is the historical novel by Mary Renault, published by Penguin in paperback (416 pages, in English).
The novel narrates the last years of Alexander the Great from the perspective of Bagoas, a young Persian eunuch who becomes his lover and companion. Through his eyes, palace conspiracies, military campaigns, conflicts with his wives, and the conqueror's gradual decline unfold.
For readers of historical fiction and literary fiction about classical antiquity.
Eileen Mary Challans, known by her pen name Mary Renault, was a British writer best known for her historical novels set in ancient Greece.
