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. 'Pressfield's talent is awesome...an extraordinary work - an instant classic' DAVID GEMMELL 'No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield' VINCE FLYNN 'The very qualities that distinguish Ridley Scott's Gladiator are here in greater concentration . . . it is nigh unbeatable' AMAZON.CO.UK 'A masterful book' ***** Reader review 'A ...
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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. 'Pressfield's talent is awesome...an extraordinary work - an instant classic' DAVID GEMMELL 'No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield' VINCE FLYNN 'The very qualities that distinguish Ridley Scott's Gladiator are here in greater concentration . . . it is nigh unbeatable' AMAZON.CO.UK 'A masterful book' ***** Reader review 'A book to treasure' ***** Reader review 'A truly rewarding reading experience' ***** Reader review ******************************** ONE MAN. TWO ARMIES. THE FATE OF THE ANCIENT WORLD IN THE BALANCE. Alcibiades: Kinsman of Pericles, prot???g??? 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 twenty-seven-year 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 trumped-up 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 tides of war.
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Solid job. But it's a stand-up tripple Gates of Fire is a Grand Slam Outa The Park. Same author.
mahdi1ray@att.net
Sep 10, 2009
The Tide Runs Out On Alcibiades
Compelling, detailed and readable account about the great and Incomparable, Athenian Leader, Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War of the 5th century BC.
Pressfield continues to show us that he is both an outstanding researcher and a man of letters without equal.
gavrhi@sympatico.ca
Apr 3, 2007
I felt that the the way the book was writen was disjointed and too heavey onthe combat scenes.It might have been better to have followed one of the characters experiences rather than the three. If the auther had followed a similar format as the Gates of Fire it would have been a better read.
