Steven Pressfield Tides Of War Paperback Book

Steven Pressfield, author of the Sunday Times bestseller Gates of Fire, brings the conflict between Sparta and Athens to life in this epic story filled with triumph and tragedy. Pressfields talent is awesome...an extraordinary work an instant classic DAVID GEMMELLNo one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield VINCE FLYNNThe very qualities that distinguish Ridley Scotts Gladiator are here in greater concentration . . . it is nigh unbeatable AMAZON. CO.UKA masterful book Reader reviewA book to treasure Reader reviewA truly rewarding reading experience Reader reviewONE MAN. TWO ARMIES. THE FATE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD IN THE BALANCE. Alcibiades Kinsman of Pericles, protg of Socrates, immortalised by Plutarch, Plato and Thucydides. An audacious soldier and charismatic leader without equal who would come to dominate the Peloponnesian War, the devastating twentysevenyear conflict between Athens and Sparta that brought Greece to its knees at the end of the fifth century BC. Undefeated on the battlefield, Alcibiades popularity and his political aspirations fed the resentment of his rivals in Athens who secured his death warrant on a trumpedup charge of treason. Escaping to Sparta, he guided its legendary army from one military triumph to the next. Ultimately though, it was Athens that would claim his fiercest loyalty, their destinies inextricably intertwined. Tides of War paints a dazzling portrait of a remarkable man whose fortunes mirrored the ebb and flow of the... | Steven Pressfield Tides Of War Paperback Book