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The Persian Boy

The Persian Boy

by Mary Renault

  • LITERATURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 419 PAGES
  • YOUNG ADULTS

The second of Renault's trilogy on the life and loves of Alexander the Great, this exhaustively researched historical novel focuses on Bagoas, the Persian slave boy who became the servant and lover of the king. Not just a love story, it includes the great battles and personalities of Classical Greece.  (GRE74, $15.95)


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