The Persian boy

Mary Renault

Original title: The Persian Boy

earliest edition we have, 1972 Editori associati, 1997 478 pages

TEA Due — book 563

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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Editions we hold

Persian Boy : A Novel of Alexander the Great edition · 2024 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 9780349018553
Persian Boy : A Novel of Alexander the Great edition · 2014 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 496 pages · 9781844089581
Persian Boy : A Novel of Alexander the Great edition · 2014 · Little, Brown Book Group Limited · 496 pages · 9781405526210
Persian Boy edition · 2013 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 419 pages · 9781480432376
Persian Boy edition · 2013 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 9781480432833
Persian Boy edition · 2013 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 9781480432840
Persian Boy edition · 2013 · Open Road Integrated Media, Inc. · 9781306621953
The Persian boy paperback · 2003 · Arrow · 424 pages
EL NOI PERSA paperback · 2001 · Columna CAT · 1 pages · 9788483005552
El Muchacho Persa paperback · 1999 · Grijalbo · 9788439702733
Il ragazzo persiano edition · 1997 · Editori associati · 478 pages · 9788878182486
El muchacho persa edition · 1995 · Grijalbo · 418 pages · 9788425328138

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