In 480 B.C., three hundred Spartan warriors held the pass of Thermopylae against the million-strong Persian army of Xerxes for three days, knowing from the start they would not survive. Through the eyes of a Greek slave named Xeones, Steven Pressfield recreates the brutal training, the warrior brotherhood, and the fierce courage of the Spartans in visceral, unforgettable detail. A book so powerful it is assigned reading at the U.S. Naval Academy and West Point.
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Gates of Fire
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Older boys encounter the deepest questions of manhood at full force: What is worth dying for? What is a man’s duty to those he fights beside? What turns a boy into a warrior? Gates of Fire teaches boys that courage is not fearlessness but the decision to act rightly in spite of fear, and that the bonds of brotherhood forged in hardship are among the most sacred things a man can have.
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| Publisher | Bantam |
| Pages | 442 |
| ISBN | 978-0553580532 |
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