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The Persian boy
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An edition of The Persian Boy (1972)

The Persian boy

by

  • ★★★ ★ 3.67 ·
  • 3 Ratings
  • 42 Want to read
  • 1 Currently reading
  • 5 Have read

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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Pantheon Books
Language
English
Pages
436

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Subjects
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
People
Alexander the Great (356-323 B.C), Alexander III King of Macedonia
Places
Greece, Thrace, Persia, Egypt, India
Times
Macedonian Expansion, 359-323 B.C.

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Cover of: The Persian boy
The Persian boy
1988, Vintage Books
in English - 1st Vintage Books ed.
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Persian Boy
January 1982, Bantam Books
Mass Market Paperback in English - Reissue edition
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Cover of: The Persian boy
The Persian boy
1980
in English - "6th printing March 1980."
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Cover of: The Persian boy
The Persian boy
1972, Pantheon Books
in English
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Cover of: The Persian boy
The Persian boy
1972, Pantheon Books
in English
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The Persian boy.
1972, Pantheon Books
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