Gates of Fire
Ratings25
Average rating4.1
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Ratings25
Average rating4.1
The national bestseller!At 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....From the Paperback edition.
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Excellent picture of a topic that I already loved. I would have enjoyed it even without the compelling storyline, but it has that too.
Wow, well that was emotional! You really get sucked in to the world of ancient Greece and Sparta in particular and you feel you know the characters. Great book, making an epic moment in history even more incredible but at the same time some what relatable.
