A Man at Arms: A Novel - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Man at Arms: A Novel write by Steven Pressfield. This book was released on 2021-03-02. A Man at Arms: A Novel available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. From the acclaimed master of historical fiction comes an epic saga about a reluctant hero, the Roman Empire, and the rise of a new faith. Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, first century AD. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, officers of the Roman Empire acquire intelligence of a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic to insurrectionists in Corinth. The content of this letter could bring down the empire. The Romans hire a former legionary, the solitary man-at-arms, Telamon of Arcadia, to intercept the letter and capture its courier. Telamon operates by a dark code all his own, with no room for noble causes or lofty beliefs. But once he overtakes the courier, something happens that neither he nor the empire could have predicted. In his first novel of the ancient world in thirteen years, the best-selling author of Gates of Fire and Tides of War returns with a gripping saga of conquest and rebellion, bloodshed and faith.
Tides of War
Tides of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Tides of War write by Steven Pressfield. This book was released on 2007-01-30. Tides of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Narrated from death row by Alcibiades’ bodyguard and assassin, a man whose own love and loathing for his former commander mirrors the mixed emotions felt by all Athens, Tides of War tells an epic saga of an extraordinary century, a war that changed history, and a complex leader who seduced a nation. Brilliant at war, a master of politics, and a charismatic lover, Alcibiades was Athens’ favorite son and the city’s greatest general. A prodigal follower of Socrates, he embodied both the best and the worst of the Golden Age of Greece. A commander on both land and sea, he led his armies to victory after victory. But like the heroes in a great Greek tragedy, he was a victim of his own pride, arrogance, excess, and ambition. Accused of crimes against the state, he was banished from his beloved Athens, only to take up arms in the service of his former enemies. For nearly three decades, Greece burned with war and Alcibiades helped bring victories to both sides — and ended up trusted by neither. BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession. Praise for Tides of War “Pressfield’s battlefield scenes rank with the most convincing ever written.”—USA Today “Pressfield serves up not just hair-raising battle scenes . . . but many moments of valor and cowardice, lust and bawdy humor. . . . Even more impressively, he delivers a nuanced portrait of ancient athens.”—Esquire “Unabashedly brilliant, epic, intelligent, and moving.”—Kirkus Reviews “Pressfield’s attention to historic detail is exquisite. . . . This novel will remain with the reader long after the final chapter is finished.”—Library Journal “Astounding, historically accurate tale . . . Pressfield is a master storyteller, especially adept in his graphic and embracing descriptions of the land and naval battles, political intrigues and colorful personalities, which come together in an intense and credible portrait of war-torn Greece.”—Publishers Weekly
Arms and the Man
Arms and the Man - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook Arms and the Man write by Bernard Shaw. This book was released on 1990. Arms and the Man available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. A dramatic comedy combines high comedy with social commentary in deflating misconceptions about love and warfare.
A Farewell to Arms
A Farewell to Arms - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook A Farewell to Arms write by Ernest Hemingway. This book was released on 2014-07-08. A Farewell to Arms available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. An unforgettable World War I story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his love for an English nurse.
The Virtues of War
The Virtues of War - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Virtues of War write by Steven Pressfield. This book was released on 2005-09-27. The Virtues of War available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. I have always been a soldier. I have known no other life. So begins Alexander’s extraordinary confession on the eve of his greatest crisis of leadership. By turns heroic and calculating, compassionate and utterly merciless, Alexander recounts with a warrior’s unflinching eye for detail the blood, the terror, and the tactics of his greatest battlefield victories. Whether surviving his father’s brutal assassination, presiding over a massacre, or weeping at the death of a beloved comrade-in-arms, Alexander never denies the hard realities of the code by which he lives: the virtues of war. But as much as he was feared by his enemies, he was loved and revered by his friends, his generals, and the men who followed him into battle. Often outnumbered, never outfought, Alexander conquered every enemy the world stood against him–but the one he never saw coming. . . . BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession.
