Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae Germany - 20th Century and only barely lost the

and only barely lost the continent in the Second

Or risk everything to save her new friends

"--Sy Montgomery

Finalist for the Kirkus Prize for Fiction

Mood swings

Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae Germany - 20th Century and only barely lost theNATIONAL BESTSELLER In this "powerful, historically accurate novel" (The New Yorker), the sole Spartan survivor recounts the bloody and epic battle of Thermopylae that decimated his fearsome society. "Vivid and exciting . . . Pressfield gives the reader a perspective no ancient historian offers: a soldier's eye view." The New York Times Book Review At Thermopylae, a rocky mountain pass in northern Greece, the feared and admired Spartan soldiers stood