1000002name=pressfield&title=gates of fire100Gates of firean epic novel of the Battle of ThermopylaePressfield, StevencreatortextFictionHistory.War stories.Historical fiction.Historical fictionnyuNew York (State)New YorkDoubleday19981st ed.monographicengEnglishprint386 p. ; 25 cm.A novel on Thermopylae, the 480 BC battle which went down in history as an example of heroism. For three days a small force of Greeks defended a narrow pass from a huge Persian army. Lots of detail on Spartan training and fighting techniques. 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. 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. 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. A simple engraved stone marks their burial ground. Inspired by this stone and intrigued by the lore of Sparta, author Steven Pressfield has brilliantly combined scholarship with storytelling. 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. Culminating in the electrifying and horrifying epic battle, Gates of Fire weaves history, mystery, and heartbreaking romance into a literary page-turner that brings the Homeric tradition into the twenty-first.Steven Pressfield.e-gr---Thermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.CFictionSoldiersGreeceSparta (Extinct city)FictionSoldiersTraining ofGreeceSparta (Extinct city)FictionGreeceHistoryPersian Wars, 500 B.C.-449 B.CFictionGreeceHistoryPersian Wars, 500-449 B.CFictionPS3566.R3944 G38 1998813/.54Gates of firePressfield, Steven.New York : Doubleday, ©19981st ed.(OCoLC)6075893900385492510^^^98019902^38916930https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990079050380203941/catalogWidener Library, Harvard UniversityPS3566.R3944 G38 1998 Widener https://s3.amazonaws.com/harvard.librarycloud.marc/990079050380203941007905038 2021-03-04T06:12Z aacrDLC98040120090713990079050380203941Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.6 using MARC21slim2MODS3-6.xsl (Revision 1.117 2017/02/14)Gates of firean epic novel of the Battle of ThermopylaePressfield, StevencreatortexttextFictionHistory.War stories.Historical fiction.Fiction.History.Historical fictionnyuNew York (State)New York, N.YBantam Books2005Bantam trade pbk. ed.monographicengEnglishprint384 pages : map ; 21 cmunmediatedvolumeAt 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. In Gates of Fire, Steven Pressfield portrays the boldest & bloodiest battle fought by the legendary Spartan Army against the Persian Empire. The national bestseller!Steven Pressfield.e-gr---Persian Wars (Greece : 500-449 B.C.)Thermopylae, Battle of (Greece : 480 B.C.)500 - 449 B.CThermopylae, Battle of, Greece, 480 B.CFictionGreeceHistoryPersian Wars, 500-449 B.CFictionGreecePS3566.R3944 G38 2005813.54055338368X978055338368362215156https://id.lib.harvard.edu/alma/990145995920203941/catalogLamont Library, Harvard UniversityPS3566.R3944 G38 2005 Lamont https://s3.amazonaws.com/harvard.librarycloud.marc/990145995920203941014599592 2021-03-04T06:15Z aacrXY405110320160224990145995920203941Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.6 using MARC21slim2MODS3-6.xsl (Revision 1.117 2017/02/14)eng