Historical fiction
Classics
1998
Gates of fire by Steven Pressfield
Published in Spanish as Las puertas de fuego
480 BC: At a bleak pass in a far-flung corner of eastern Greece, three hundred Spartan warriors faced the army of King Xerxes of Persia, a massive force rumoured to be over a million strong.
What it is
War lived from the inside · a big story that sweeps you along
What happens in it
War from the inside
How it feels
Before you pick it up
Is it for you?
It's for you if…
- you want something big, with room to breathe
- you want a book that doesn't look away
- you don't mind a good cry
Maybe not if…
- you'd rather skip the hard scenes
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