![]() ![]() ![]() Narrated by the sole survivor of the epic battle-a squire in the Spartan heavy infantry-Gates of Fire is a mesmerizing depiction of one man's indoctrination into the Spartan way of life and death, and of the legendary men and women who gave the culture an immortal gravity. Inspired by this stone and intrigued by the lore of Sparta, author Steven Pressfield has brilliantly combined scholarship with storytelling. A simple engraved stone marks their burial ground. It was there that three hundred of Sparta's finest warriors held back the invading millions of the Persian empire and valiantly gave their lives in the selfless service of democracy and freedom. ![]() ![]() One of the few antiquarian marks of the civilization that has survived lies scores of miles away from Sparta, at a narrow Greek mountain pass called Thermopylae. Thousands of years ago, Herodotus and Plutarch immortalized Spartan society in their histories but today, little is left of the ancient city or the social structure of this momentous culture. With an epic vision and a dynamic cast of characters, this literary page-turner, set in 480 B.C., brings the Homeric tradition into the 21st century with the tale of historic battle between the Greeks and the two-million-man strong Persian army. ![]()
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