Tides of War: a Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War
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Tides of War: a Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War by S Pressfield
Brilliant at war, a master of politics, and a charismatic lover, Alcibiades was Athens' favorite son and the city's greatest general.A prodigal follower of Socrates, he embodied both the best and the worst of the Golden Age of Greece. A commander on both land and sea, he led his armies to victory after victory.
But like the heroes in a great Greek tragedy, he was a victim of his own pride, arrogance, excess, and ambition. Accused of crimes against the state, he was banished from his beloved Athens, only to take up arms in the service of his former enemies.
For nearly three decades, Greece burned with war and Alcibiades helped bring victories to both sides -- and ended up trusted by neither.
Narrated from death row by Alcibiades' bodyguard and assassin, a man whose own love and loathing for his former commander mirrors the mixed emotions felt by all Athens, Tides of War tells an epic saga of an extraordinary century, a war that changed history, and a complex leader who seduced a nation.
Pressfield, Steven: - STEVEN PRESSFIELD is a bestselling author of fiction (The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire, Tides of War, The Last of the Amazons, The Virtues of War, The Afghan Campaign, Killing Rommel, and The Profession) and nonfiction (The War of Art, The Warrior Ethos, Turning Pro, Do The Work, The Authentic Swing, The Lion's Gate, An American Jew, and Nobody Wants to Read Your Sh*t). His weekly dispatch Writing Wednesdays on www.stevenpressfield.com is one of the most popular craft blogs on the worldwide web.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780385492522 |
| ISBN 10 | 0385492529 |
| Title | Tides of War: a Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War |
| Author | S Pressfield |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc |
| Year published | 2000-04-04 |
| Number of pages | 426 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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