7/4/2023 0 Comments Xeones gates of fire![]() If anything, glory in battle is rewarded after the fact, not during. The book does not glorify battles, in fact there is much misery, stench and carnage on the battlefield. Pressfield understands the notions of honor in the context of ancient Greece and writes about it in a moving, serious way. I truly enjoyed the fact that the author pays attention to history and imagines what it would have been like for his protagonists to prepare for battle and death. The books is a fictional account of those who are about to die, know it, and still go forward contemplating life’s big mysteries and gaining appreciation for their comrades, and those they left behind. I loved to read about the problems facing the Spartan King and his army commanders, the soldiers and their servants. Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae by Steven Pressfield is an epic book, the style is sharp, the story vivid, the history pretty accurate, and the moral dilemmas are still relevant in today’s military units. The book was published in 1998.īuy this book in paper or in electronic format* ![]() ![]() Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopyla by Steven Pressfield is a historical novel that recounts the Battle of Thermopylae. ![]()
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