The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)

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It takes skill to depict, as Miss Renault has done, this half man, half Courtesan who is so deeply in love with the warrior The Atlantic MonthlyThe Persian Boy 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. Download The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2) author Mary Renault – kino-fada.fr I used to think I despised love stories I would wonder what was wrong with me love stories are supposed to move us, I would think They re supposed to make us feel things other stories cannot So I thought But all the love stories I saw were the unbelievable kind The ridiculous caricatures on display in romantic comedies, the happily ever afters we were fed in fairy tales Where was the pain , I would ask Where was the suffering, and the longing And perhaps above all, do these charac I used to think I despised love stories I would wonder what was wrong with me love stories are supposed to move us, I would think They re supposed to make us feel things other stories cannot So I thought But all the love stories I saw were the unbelievable kind The ridiculous caricatures on display in romantic comedies, the happily ever afters we were fed in fairy tales Where was the pain , I would ask Where was the suffering, and the longing And perhaps above all, do these characters being in love provide us with anythingBecause of the love, are we gleaning any additional information about the people, the world, or even the metaphysical It was a long time before I realized that the type of love stories I wanted to hear were out there, and when I eventually heard them they were powerful indeed At its heart, The Persian Boy is a love story, and it too is indeed a powerful one Thi...The Persian Boy Alexander the Great 1 , Mary RenaultThe Persian Boy is a 1972 historical novel written by Mary Renault and narrated by Bagoas, a young Persian from an aristocratic family who is captured by his father s enemies, castrated, and sold as a slave to the king Darius III, who makes him his favorite Eventually he becomes the lover and most faithful servant of Alexander the Great, who overthrew Darius and captured the Persian Empire Bagoas narration provides both a Persian view of t The Persian Boy Alexander the Great 1 , Mary RenaultThe Persian Boy is a 1972 historical novel written by Mary Renault and narrated by Bagoas, a young Persian from an aristocratic family who is captured by his father s enemies, castrated, and sold as a slave to the king Darius III, who makes him his favorite Eventually he becomes the lover and most faithful servant of Alexander the Gr...After thinking about this bookI had to change the rating The lack of my perfect Hephaistion ruined the book for me He was the most important person in Alexander s life, for goodness sake It doesn t matter if they were actually lovers or not He was the only person who loved Alexander as a person And that s why Alexander valued his opinion the most Hephaistion never lied to Alexander, if he thought that the king was wrong, he said it He was a very brave man, capable of doing amazing After thinking about this bookI had to change the rating The lack of my perfect Hephaistion ruined the book for me He was the most important person in Alexander s life, for goodness sake It doesn t matter if they were actually lovers or not He was the only person who loved Alexander as a person And that s why Alexander valued his opinion the most Hephaistion never lied to Alexander, if he thought that the king was wrong, he said it He was a very brave man, capable of doing amazing things People envied and hated him because of Alexander s love a...I really don t have a lot to say about this book It s the first one by Renault that I ve been hmm, not disappointed, but perhaps underwhelmed by We continue with the story of Alexander the Great from the point at which we left him in Fire from Heaven Or we sort of do because this volume is told to us as the first person memoirs of Bagoas, a Persian noble whose family was killed during internecine fighting for the Persian throne Bagoas is captured as a young boy by his family s murderers and I really don t have a lot to say about this book It s the first one by Renault that I ve been hmm, not disappointed, but perhaps underwhelmed by We continue with the story of Alexander the Great from the point at which we left him in Fire from Heaven Or we sort of do because this volume is told to us as the first person memoirs of Bagoas, a Persian noble whose family was killed during internecine fighting for the Persian throne Bagoas is captured as a young boy by his family s murderers and is made into a eunuch who, due to his good looks, is ultimately sold as a sex slave By some fairly circuitous routes h...Splendid I savored every page Bagoas s devotion to his lord and his understanding of the warrior he lay with every night his deep love for Alexander and respect for this flawed but incredible man, moved and inspired me.The tale is epic The journey is unforgettable The excitement and exotic landscapes are beautifully rendered the history and romance coming together like Macedonia and Persia.The last few chapters, from Hephaistion s death and on, are worth the whole sweeping book.In Hades wo Splendid I savored every page Bagoas s devotion to his lord and his understanding of the warrior he lay with every night his deep lo...Every time I pick this book up to read just a passage I find myself getting sucked in again This is my desert island book, if I could just bring one with me Every time I read it I could just turn it over and start from the beginning again It s epic and then again, it s about a boy s first love There s the sweep of history, and then there s very personal humor and heartbreak Seriously, Bagoas will rip your heart out The last line makes me cry I will probably never be able to read Funeral G Every time I pick this book up to read just a passage I find myself getting sucked in again This is my desert island book, if I could just bring one with me Every time I read it I could just turn it over and start from the beginning again It s epic and then again, it s about a boy s first love There s th...It is possible though somewhat distressing that my love affair with Mary Renault is beginning to draw to a close It began about eight years ago, when I first read The King Must Die and The Bull from the Sea surrounding a passionate, pilgrimage like trip to Greece I was amazed that Renault possessed the same respect, reverence even for the Greeks and the Greek culture that I did The care and seriousness with which she endowed her historical novels impressed me here, I thought, is another It is possible though somewhat distressing that my love affair with Mary Renault is beginning to draw to a close It began about eight years ago, when I first read The King Must Die and The Bull from the Sea surrounding a passionate, pilgrimage like trip to Greece I was amazed that Renault possessed the same respect, reverence even for the Greeks and the Greek culture that I did The care and seriousness with which she endowed her historical novels impressed me here, I thought, is another person like me It didn t bother me that much, then, that he...4.5 Conquered StarsI drew close and whispered,I love you, Alexander,and kissed him Never mind, I thought, from whom his heart accepts it Let it be according to his wish My hair had fallen on his breast His eyes opened his hand moved, and touched a strand, and ran it between his fingers.He knew me To that I will take my oath before the gods It was to me that he bade farewell Despite enjoying Fire from Heaven, I was reluctant to continue with The Persian Boy I assumed it was written i 4.5 Conquered StarsI drew close and whispered,I love you, Alexander,and kissed him Never mind, I thought, from whom his heart accepts it Let it be according to his ...I had to sit with this book and digest it for a few days after finishing before I could even start to put together coherent thoughts about it The writing style is a lot simpler from the first book, where you chase around Alexander s thoughts in a limited third person This book is a relatively straight forward first person told by Bagoas, and you spend most of your mental effort on the themes instead of the prose, which is appreciated The fundamental theme of the book, to my read, is that of u I had to sit with this book and digest it for a few days after finishing before I could even start to put together coherent thoughts about it The writing style is a lot simpler from the first book, where you chase around Alexander s thoughts in a limited third person This book is a relatively straight forward first person told by Bagoas, and you spend most of your mental effort on the themes instead of the prose, which is appreciated The fundamental theme of the book, to my read, is that of unequal love Bagoas loves Alexander obsessively, car...The only historical romance the stole my heart and broke it at the end..so sad Bagoas was a young nobleman s son Through treachery of his father s friend, his own family was killed and him sold into slavery, gelded and sold to a merchant He was only 12 and he was raped and molested by his master and clients Later he was sold to the King of Persia and became a dancer and a pleasure slave When Alexander came, he escaped and was presented to Alexander as a gift This here begins the romance The only historical romance the stole my heart and broke it at the end..so sad Bagoas was a young nobleman s son Through treachery of his father s friend, his own family was...

The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)
  • English
  • 20 March 2017
  • Paperback
  • 432 pages
  • 0394751019
  • Mary Renault
  • The Persian Boy (Alexander the Great, #2)