“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 Monthly The 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.
Ficha técnica
Editorial: Vintage International. Random House
ISBN: 9780394751016
Idioma: Inglés
Número de páginas: 419
Tiempo de lectura:
8h 40m
Encuadernación: Tapa blanda
Fecha de lanzamiento: 31/03/1999
Año de edición: 1998
Plaza de edición: Ee.uu
Especificaciones del producto
Escrito por Mary Renault
Mary Renault (Reino Unido, 1905-1983), seudónimo de Mary Challans, es autora de numerosas novelas históricas de la Antigüedad clásica, entre las que destacanEl rey debe morir,La máscara de ApoloyAlexias de Atenas.