num_pages: 380
description: The Persian Boy tells the story of the climactic last seven years of Alexander the Great'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. Taken as an attendant into Alexander's household, the beautiful young eunuch becomes the great general's lover and their relationship sustains Alexander as he survives assassination plots, the demands of two foreign wives, a mutinous army, and his own ferocious temper.
language: English
title: The Persian Boy
titlecomplete: The Persian Boy
characters: Hephaestion, Bagoas, Darius III, Roxana of Bactria, Alexander the Great
genres: Romance, M M Romance, Greece, LGBT, Queer, Gay, Historical, Fiction, Classics, Historical Fiction
ratings_count: 9606
places: Persian Empire, Persia
series: Alexander the Great
publisher: Arrow