The Persian Boy

The Persian Boy tells the story of Alexander the Great from the timethat, at the age of twenty-six he defeated the Persian king Darius until his death seven years later, as seen by his lover and servant, the beautiful slave boy Bagoas. Bagoas- captured and made a slave in his childhood, gelded, sold to Darius as a plaything, and later brought to Alexander as a peace offering- is a real historical character who may well have influenced history...