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The virtues of war
a novel of Alexander the Great
By Pressfield, Steven
- ISBN
- 978-0-38550-099-9
- Publisher
- New York : Doubleday, 2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on October 1, 2004
Pressfield has authored several popular novels about the ancient world (e.g., Gates of Fire ), and his latest is sure to be a hit with his fans owing to its narrator: Alexander the Great himself. From an army camp mired in the Indus valley just before his last great victory, Alexander dictates his story, as epic as it is brief (he died at 33), to his page. This vantage point gives t...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
