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A 4 page review of Steven Pressfield’s “The Gates of Fire.” No additional sources cited.
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ancient history must rely on numerous sources and essentially gather their own opinions and perceptions about events and individuals. However, there is occasionally a writer who comes along and gathers
together historical information and then elaborates upon the information, creating a vivid novel that tells history, but also embellishes and highlights various elements. Such is the case with Steven Pressfields
"Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae." The following paper presents a review of this book. "The Gates of Fire" by Steven Pressfield As
mentioned, much of ancient history is vague and allusive and for people who love the various elements of ancient history but like it presented in a fashion that is exciting
and fictional, Pressfields book is very well done. This particular reader/writer finds historical documents difficult to ascertain at times and truly enjoys a powerful novel that also teaches about a
culture and an ancient history. Pressfields work is powerful in that way, as well as other ways. Pressfield does not simply offer an outlandish novel about a battle long
ago, but rather first researched much, if not all, there was to know about the cultures and the battle. As such, although the work is clearly fictional, it is founded
on history, on ancient people and cultures. Pressfield has obviously researched the types of weapons the people used, the struggles that any man wishing to be a true warrior had
to go through, and various elements concerning the battle itself. What Pressfield does is essentially take all this information, gather it together, and then provide the reader with a narrator
and creative writing. For example, one could never really know what a particular battle looked like in relationship to ancient history or what the sky or terrain looked like. Pressfield
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