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

By Steven Pressfield

Book information

Year
1999
ISBN
0553580531, 9780553580532, 9780553383683, 055338368X
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
2 MB (2479492 bytes)
Pages
442\407
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

The national bestseller!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....

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