It’s a literary conjuring trick like all historical fiction – it can only ever be an approximation of the truth. Renault’s skill is in immersing us in their world, drawing us into its strangeness, its violence and beauty. ‘The Alexander Trilogy stands as one of the most important works of fiction in the 20th century. She shows us their strangeness discerning, sure-footed, challenging our values, piquing our curiosity, she leads us through an alien landscape that moves and delights us’ Hilary Mantel She does not pretend the past is like the present, or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us. ‘Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers.
After Alexander’s mysterious death, we are left wondering if this Persian boy understood the great warrior and his ambitions better than anyone. Their relationship sustains Alexander as he weathers assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a sometimes mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper.
Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas is sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but finds freedom with Alexander the Great after the Macedon army conquers his homeland. The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander’s life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. In the second novel of her stunning trilogy, Mary Renault vividly imagines the life of Alexander the Great, the charismatic leader whose drive and ambition created a legend. One of the greatest historical novels ever written’ SARAH WATERS She shows us their strangeness discerning, sure-footed, challenging our values, piquing our curiosity, she leads us through an alien landscape that moves and delights us.‘Renault’s masterpiece. "Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers. This ebook features an illustrated biography of Mary Renault including rare images of the author. The Persian Boy is the second volume of the Novels of Alexander the Great trilogy, which also includes Fire from Heaven and Funeral Games. The result is a riveting account of a great conqueror's years of triumph and, ultimately, heartbreak. This passion comes at a time when much is at stake-Alexander has two wives, conflicts are ablaze, and plots on the Macedon king's life abound. Then, when Alexander conquers the land, he is given Bagoas as a gift, and the boy is besotted. When Bagoas is very young, his father is murdered and he is sold as a slave to King Darius of Persia. The Persian Boy centers on the most tempestuous years of Alexander the Great's life, as seen through the eyes of his lover and most faithful attendant, Bagoas. A New York Times –bestselling novel of the ancient king of Macedon and his lover by the author Hilary Mantel calls "a shining light."
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