- Kings and rulers, Generals, Fiction, Historical fiction
Alexander the Great (356 to 323 B.C.) ascended to the throne of Macedon at the age of twenty. He fought his greatest battles, including the conquest of the mighty Persian Empire, before he was twenty five and died at the age of thirty three, still undefeated by any enemy.
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Epic, grave, earnest and classical in form.
- intimateepic
- gravecomic
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- contemplativerelentless
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- Author
- Steven Pressfield
- First published
- 2004
- Pages
- 348
- Publisher
- Doubleday, Bantam, Random House Large Print
- Editions
- 4
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780375434143
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“I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN A SOLDIER.”
I was born in Port of Spain, Trinidad, in 1943 to a Navy father and mother. I graduated from Duke University in 1965. In January of 1966, when I was on the bus leaving Parris Island as a freshly-minted Marine, I looked back and thought there was at least one good thing about this departure. "No matter what happens to me for the rest of my life, no one can ever send me back to this freakin' place again." Forty years later, to my surprise and gratification, I am far more closely bound to the young men of the Marine Corps and to all other dirt-eating, ground-pounding outfits than I could ever have imagined. GATES OF FIRE is one reason. Dog-eared paperbacks of this tale of the ancient Spartans h
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