false 67700 17 It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half-man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior.<i>The Atlantic Monthly</i><br><b>The Persian Boy</b> 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. 509735 book 1972 The Persian Boy total:696|5:275|4:253|3:137|2:17|1:14| 696 2846 966 63 3 1 false false Thu Feb 05 00:00:00 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 05 17:06:39 -0800 2009 Sun Feb 08 11:37:03 -0800 2009 more...]]> 4 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Tue Jun 12 23:56:38 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 12 23:57:34 -0700 2007 more...]]> 3 1 false false Wed Feb 25 22:22:23 -0800 2009 Thu Feb 26 06:49:18 -0800 2009 5 1 false false Fri Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 1988 Sat Sep 08 16:34:01 -0700 2007 Sat Sep 08 16:37:16 -0700 2007 5 1 false false Wed Jul 16 09:01:48 -0700 2008 Wed Jul 16 09:04:35 -0700 2008
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