Gates of Fire - Steven Pressfield

Gates of Fire

By Steven Pressfield

  • Release Date: 1998-10-20
  • Genre: Historical Fiction
Score: 4.5
4.5
From 594 Ratings
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Description

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • “Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant life.”—Pat Conroy

At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood three hundred strong. Theirs was a suicide mission, to hold the pass against the invading millions of the mighty Persian army.

Day after bloody day they withstood the terrible onslaught, buying time for the Greeks to rally their forces. Born into a cult of spiritual courage, physical endurance, and unmatched battle skill, the Spartans would be remembered for the greatest military stand in history—one that would not end until the rocks were awash with blood, leaving only one gravely injured Spartan squire to tell the tale. . . .

Reviews

  • Great read

    5
    By 12trbldg
    Great read! The nature of war is explored in great detail.

  • Mhmm

    5
    By Dadwig
    It’s on the Commandants reading list for a reason. It’s a good read.

  • Boring

    2
    By Longhorn5555
    Plodding. Filled with irrelevance.

  • Awesome read

    5
    By Bdhdjxhsxn
    Read this book 3+ times over.

  • One of my favorite books

    5
    By Mac656
    Pressfield never misses! Awesome book!

  • Amazing

    5
    By kunal00
    Amazing level of detail

  • Great

    5
    By Steve King (not the author)
    Great story. Great for any soldier or cop.

  • Brillant

    5
    By DZPyke
    I love historic fiction and have read probably hundreds of such novels. This is best historic fiction I have ever read.

  • Excellent Read

    5
    By Band4music
    A great read into the minds of the Spartan warriors and Ancient Greek culture. 😊

  • Amazing!

    5
    By Matthew stevens is awaome
    Do recommend reading. Although fictional, the author did put a lot of factual things about the Spartans. Great book. I enjoyed reading the tale of the battle at Thermopylae.

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