Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae - Brossura

Pressfield, Steven

Brossura

ISBN 10: 055338368X ISBN 13: 9780553383683

Casa editrice: Bantam, 2005

Riassunto

An ambitious, cinematic historical novel chronicles the battle of three hundred Spartan warriors against a huge force of Persian soldiers in 480 B.C. against the background of life in ancient Sparta and its extraordinary culture. Reprint. 25,000 first printing.

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Recensione:

"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

"Gripping and swashbuckling...an exciting, romantic, star-crossed story."
--The New York Times

"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 insight."
--Nelson DeMille

"A novel that is intricate and arresting and, once begun, almost impossible to put down."
--Daily News

"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
From the Paperback edition.

L'autore:

Steven Pressfield is the author of The Legend of Bagger Vance. a mystical golf novel currently under option with Robert Redford and Jake Eberts (Dances with Wolves, Driving Miss Daisy) for feature film adaptation.  He makes his home in Malibu, California.
From the Paperback edition.

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• Editore: Bantam
• Data di pubblicazione: 2005
• ISBN 10: 055338368X
• ISBN 13: 9780553383683
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 400