Steven Pressfield is the author of the hugely successful historical novels Gates of Fire, Tides of War, and Last of the Amazons. His debut novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was made into a movie starring Matt Damon and Will Smith in 2000. He lives in California.
“Vivid and exciting . . . Pressfield gives the reader a perspective
no ancient historian offers, a soldier’s-eye view . . .
remarkable.”—The New York Times Book Review
“Pressfield’s powerful, historically accurate novel explores
Spartan society and the nature of courage without ever losing its
narrative momentum.”—New Yorker
“Impressive . . . vivid.”—USA Today
“Majestic . . . monumental . . . epic. . . . A novel that is
intricate and arresting and, once begun, almost impossible to put
down.”—New York Daily News
“Gates of Fire lives up to its billing as an epic novel. . . .
[Pressfield’s] Greeks and Persians come across as the real
thing.”—San Francisco Chronicle
“Riveting . . . rich with historical detail, hot action and crafty
storytelling.”—Publishers Weekly (starred review)
“Steven Pressfield brings the battle of Thermopylae to brilliant
life, and he does for that war what Charles Frazier did for the
Civil War in Cold Mountain.”—Pat Conroy
“An incredibly gripping, moving, and literate work of art. Rarely
does an author manage to re-create a moment in history with such
mastery, authority, and psychological insights.”—Nelson DeMille
“A timeless epic of man and war . . . Pressfield has created a new
classic deserving of a place beside the very best of the
old.”—Stephen Coonts
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