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Gates of Fire. Steven Pressfield335 руб
Nearly 2,500 years ago, in 480BC, at a bleak pass in a far-flung corner of eastern Greece, three hundred Spartan warriors faced the army of Xerxes of Persia, a massive force rumoured to be over a million strong. Go tell the Spartans, stranger passing by, that here, obedient to their laws, we lie. For six days the Spartans held the invaders at bay. Their orders were simple: to delay the enemy for as long as possible while the main Greek armies mobilized. It was battle that would become synonymous with extraordinary courage, heroism and self-sacrifice: it was Thermopylae. In the final hours - their shields broken, swords and spears shattered - they fought with their bare hands before being overwhelmed. 2000. In Gates of Fire, Steven Pressfield tells the epic story of those legendary Spartans: the men and women who helped shaped our history and have themselves become as immortal as their gods. |