A protege of Socrates and living effigy to the Demi-God Achilles, the universally-renowned Alcibiades was a terrifying foe and a priceless friend. His unequalled military genius determined the outcome of the shocking and monumental 27-year civil war between Spart and Athens in the 5th century BC.
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A protege of Socrates and living effigy to the Demi-God Achilles, the universally-renowned Alcibiades was a terrifying foe and a priceless friend. His unequalled military genius determined the outcome of the shocking and monumental 27-year civil war between Spart and Athens in the 5th century BC.
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Very Good. Book Octavo, softcover, 430 pages. Synopsis--This epic novel tells the story of the proud, hardheaded soldier whose heroics and passions fueled the Peloponnesian War and whose fatal flaws left him exiled from all factions at the end of his life. Esquire Pressfield serves up not just hair-raising battle scenes. but many moments of valor and cowardice, lust and bawdy humor. Even more impressively, he delivers a nuanced portrait of ancient Athens. 426 pp.
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Solid job. But it's a stand-up tripple Gates of Fire is a Grand Slam Outa The Park. Same author.
mahdi1ray@att.net
Sep 10, 2009
The Tide Runs Out On Alcibiades
Compelling, detailed and readable account about the great and Incomparable, Athenian Leader, Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War of the 5th century BC.
Pressfield continues to show us that he is both an outstanding researcher and a man of letters without equal.
gavrhi@sympatico.ca
Apr 3, 2007
I felt that the the way the book was writen was disjointed and too heavey onthe combat scenes.It might have been better to have followed one of the characters experiences rather than the three. If the auther had followed a similar format as the Gates of Fire it would have been a better read.
