STEVEN PRESSFIELD is the author of the novels, Last of the Amazons, The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire and Tides of War. He lives in California where he is at work on his next historical novel.
–Praise for Tides of War:
“Pressfield serves up not just hair-raising scenes…but many moments
of valor and cowardice, lust and bawdy humor.…Even more
impressively, he delivers a nuanced portrait of ancient
Athens.”—Esquire
“Unabashedly brilliant, epic, intelligent, and moving.”—Kirkus
Reviews
and for Gates of Fire:
“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
“Gates of Fire lives up to its billing as an epic novel.…His Greeks
and Persians come across as the real thing.”—San Francisco
Chronicle
-Praise for Tides of War:
"Pressfield serves up not just
hair-raising scenes...but many moments of valor and cowardice, lust
and bawdy humor....Even more impressively, he delivers a nuanced
portrait of ancient Athens."-Esquire
"Unabashedly brilliant, epic, intelligent, and
moving."-Kirkus Reviews
and for Gates of Fire:
"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
"Gates of Fire lives up to its billing as an epic
novel....His Greeks and Persians come across as the real
thing."-San Francisco Chronicle
Pressfield has authored several popular novels about the ancient world (e.g., Gates of Fire), and his latest is sure to be a hit with his fans owing to its narrator: Alexander the Great himself. From an army camp mired in the Indus valley just before his last great victory, Alexander dictates his story, as epic as it is brief (he died at 33), to his page. This vantage point gives the reader an intriguing and plausible picture of what drives Alexander to keep going over the next hill to play "Kill the King," as he puts it, and conquer most of what was the known world in 300 B.C.E. Pressfield's exceptionally vivid prose evokes the period, and his play-by-play descriptions of the weapons, formations, strategies, and individual bouts should please the most meticulous military history buff. Mary Renault's The Persian Boy also recalls Alexander's life but as seen through the eyes of his young eunuch lover. With two movies about Alexander in the works (Oliver Stone's version is to be released this November), there should be demand. For most historical fiction collections. [See Prepub Alert, LJ 6/1/04.]-Mary K. Bird-Guilliams, Wichita P.L., KS Copyright 2004 Reed Business Information.
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