e-branch	Login My List - 0 Help
	Home   My Account/Renew Loans   Community Info   KidSearch   New Catalogue!

Search Advanced By Format By Number My Searches Can't Find it? Find Magazine Articles & more Problems?

Search:  Title Starts with...Title Keyword(s)Author/Performer/Name (Last,First)Author/Performer/Name Keyword(s)Subject Starts with...Subject Keyword(s)Series Starts with...Series Keyword(s)Anyword/AnywhereList Name Keyword(s)       Refine Search     > You're searching: Halifax Public Libraries

Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Renault, Mary.     Subjects     Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Fiction.     Eunuchs -- Fiction.     Gay men -- Fiction.     Generals -- Fiction.     Kings and rulers -- Fiction.     Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359 B.C.-323 B.C -- Fiction.     Browse Catalog     by author:      Renault, Mary.       by title:      The Persian boy / Ma...       by call number:      FICTION REN     Search the Web     Renault, Mary.     Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Fiction.     Eunuchs -- Fiction.     Gay men -- Fiction.     Generals -- Fiction.     Kings and rulers -- Fiction.     Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359 B.C.-323 B.C -- Fiction.       MARC Display

The Persian boy / Mary Renault ; introduced by Tom Holland. by Renault, Mary. Virago Press, An imprint of Little, Brown Book Group, 2014. Call #: FICTION REN Subjects Alexander, the Great, 356 B.C.-323 B.C. -- Fiction.   Eunuchs -- Fiction.   Gay men -- Fiction.   Generals -- Fiction.   Kings and rulers -- Fiction.   Greece -- History -- Macedonian Expansion, 359 B.C.-323 B.C -- Fiction. Series Renault, Mary. Alexander the Great ; 2.   Virago modern classics. ISBN:  9781844089581 (trade pbk.) Description:  xiv, 476 p. ; 20 cm. Notes:  "First published in Great Britain by Longman Group in 1972"--T.p. vero. Bibliography:  Includes bibliographical references (page 475). Summary:  Traces the last years of Alexander the Great's life through the eyes of his lover, Bagoas. Abducted and gelded as a boy, Bagoas is sold as a courtesan to King Darius of Persia, but finds freedom with Alexander the Great after the Macedon army conquers 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. Genre:  Biographical fiction. Historical fiction. Other authors:  Holland, Tom. Holds:  1   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status Due Date   Central Library Adult Fiction FICTION REN Adult Trade Paperback Books Checked out Jul 10, 2024 Add Copy to MyList

Horizon Information Portal 3.24_8902M

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.