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The Persian Boy
A Novel of Alexander the Great: A Virago Modern Classic
Series: Virago Modern Classics
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'One of the greatest historical novels ever written' SARAH WATERS 'I love to find queer representation in historical fiction... Renault's eye for intimacy is amazing' DOUGLAS STUART 'Fierce, complex and eloquent' MADELINE MILLER 'Mary Renault is a shining light' HILARY MANTEL * A groundbreaking queer classic...
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The Persian Boy
A stunning new hardback edition of Mary Renault's masterpiece: a groundbreaking queer classic and 'one of the greatest historical novels ever written' (Sarah Waters). Perfect for fans of Madeline Miller, Natalie Haynes and Pat Barker.
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'One of the greatest historical novels ever written'
SARAH WATERS
'I love to find queer representation in historical fiction... Renault's eye for intimacy is amazing'
DOUGLAS STUART
'Fierce, complex and eloquent'
MADELINE MILLER
'Mary Renault is a shining light'
HILARY MANTEL
*
A groundbreaking queer classic and powerful reimagining of the last years of Alexander the Great, told through the eyes of his lover.
I thought, There goes my lord, whom I was born to follow. I have found a king.
And, I said to myself, looking after him as he walked away, I will have him, if I die for it.
Bagoas, abducted as a boy and sold as a eunuch, has been transported to the heart of the Persian court as courtesan to King Darius. But when the Macedon army conquers his homeland, Bagoas finds freedom at the hands of their golden young commander, whose name is already becoming a legend: Alexander.
Their encounter sparks a passionate devotion that shapes the Persian boy's future - and deepens into a relationship that will sustain them both through assassination plots, political intrigue, and the threat of Alexander's own restless ambition. This is a spellbinding tale of power, loyalty, and loss - a vision of history transfigured by love.
'Nowhere else in fiction have Alexander's beauty and charisma blazed with such potency'
TOM HOLLAND
'Passionate and captivating'
SEÁN HEWITT
'All my sense of the ancient world - its value, its style, the scent of its wars and passions - comes from Mary Renault'
EMMA DONOGHUE
The Alexander Trilogy stands as one of the most important works of fiction in the 20th century
ANTONIA SENIOR, THE TIMES
Series: Virago Modern Classics
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Book Details
INFORMATION
ISBN: 9780349018553
Publisher: Little, Brown Book Group
Format: Hardback
Date Published: 18 July 2024
Country: United Kingdom
Imprint: Virago Press Ltd
Contributors:
- Introduction by Tom Holland
- Introduction by Seán Hewitt
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 50.0mm
Width: 128.0mm
Height: 200.0mm
Weight: 600g
Pages: 496
About the Author
Mary Renault (1905-1983) was born in London and educated at St Hughs, Oxford. She trained as a nurse at Oxford's Radcliffe Infirmary, where she met her lifelong partner, Julie Mullard. Her first novel, Purposes of Love, was published in 1937. In 1948, after North Face won a MGM prize worth $150,000, she and Mullard emigrated to South Africa. There, Renault was able to write forthrightly about homosexual relationships for the first time - in her masterpiece, The Charioteer (1953), and then in her first historical novel, The Last of the Wine (1956). Renault's vivid novels set in the ancient world brought her worldwide fame. In 2010 Fire From Heaven was shortlisted for the Lost Booker of 1970.
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