Famous Bisexuals | Filthy (Luis Barrett) Mary Renault was admired for historical accuracy and the ability to recreate the ancient Greek world in her novels. I think he is very interesting, dramatic and wonderful character, as history person and as literature character of Mary Renault. The Persian Boy traces the last years of Alexander's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. 'Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists and their readers.
In The Persian Boy Mary Renault spins out a rich, believable account of Alexander the Great's later life, from his defeat of Darius to his early death in Babylon.
Persian boy. illustrations to "The Persian Boy" (a novel about Alexander the Great) by Mary Renault ).
One of the greatest historical novels ever written' SARAH WATERS. In The Persian Boy, we meet him six years later and follow him to his death in a superbly moving narrative told by his young lover and companion, Bagoas, a real historical. sometimes I remember The Persian Boy by Mary Renault and my day becomes instantly worse and better at the same time. The novel shows Alexander from the perspective of the Persian eunuch Bagoas, named by historians as the Macedonian conqueror's lover.
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