Five or Flop: the Best (and Worst) Historical Fiction Has to Offer

The Persian Boy by Mary Renault: Alexander the Flop


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This week, Erin confronts an old enemy when we read Mary Renault's The Persian Boy, the second in her Alexander the Great trilogy.

Five or Flop is a podcast dedicated to the best and worst historical fiction has to offer. Each week we'll be reading a new book and rating it on a scale of flop, fine, or five. The theme for Season Four is Reading Rainbow.

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