The Virtues of War: A Novel of Alexander the Great

by StevenPressfield (Author)

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  2004

  $14.32

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  2004

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  Alexander the Great (356-332 B.C.) ascended to the throne of Macedon at the age of only 19. He fought his greatest battles - including the conquest of the mighty Persian Empire - before he was 25. He died at the age of 33, undefeated by any enemy. His reputation as a supreme warrior and leader of men is unsurpassed in the annals of history. Narrated in the brilliantly imagined first-person voice of Alexander himself, Steven Pressfield's new novel brings to life the epic battles, the unerring command of his forces, and the passions and ambitions that drove arguably the greatest commander the world has ever known and paints a full blooded, multi-dimensional portrait of this complex character. Alexander was a fearless commander who moved with such daring and speed that no army could withstand him a driven leader whose ambitions knew no limits and a man with boundless compassion for his troops, deep friendships with his generals, and profound respect for his enemies. Yet in the end, his noble qualities were subsumed by his insatiable lust for glory.

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  Here then are the glory and the gore, the passion and the pageantry, the agony and the ecstasy of the life and times of Alexander the Great, as envisioned and brought to brilliant, bloody and utterly unputdownable life by Steven Pressfield! Epic in scope and magisterial in tone, ALEXANDER: THE VIRTUES OF WAR is sure to take its place among the classics of historical fiction.

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  2005

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  'There is nothing impossible to him who will try...' He ascended to the throne of Macedon at the age of nineteen. He conquered the seemingly invincible Persian Empire before he was twenty-five. He died at the age of thirty-two, undefeated by any enemy. His reputation as a warrior and leader of men remains unsurpassed in the annals of history. We remember him as Alexander the Great...Epic in scope and magisterial in tone, Steve Pressfield's breathtaking novel tells the story of this legendary colossus of the ancient world who was driven - and ultimately undone - by his insatiable lust for glory. As immediate and gripping as bulletins from the frontline, and as intimate and revealing as a private diary, Alexander: The Virtues of War is destined to become a classic of historical fiction.