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Title	:	Tides of War
Author	:	Steven Pressfield
Book Format	:	Paperback
Book Edition	:	First Edition
Pages	:	Pages: 448 pages
Published	:	August 28th 2001 by Bantam (first published April 4th 2000)
Categories	:	Historical. Historical Fiction. Fiction. War. Military Fiction

Tides of War

Steven Pressfield

Paperback | Pages: 448 pages

Rating: 3.9 | 4000 Users | 196 Reviews

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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.

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.

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Original Title:	Tides of War
ISBN:	0553381393 (ISBN13: 9780553381399)
Edition Language:	English
Characters:	Alcibiades

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I listen to this via the Audible platform. It is published by Bantam Doubleday Dell Audio and narrated by Derek Jacobi. The original publishing date was July 5, 2000. I recommend reading the Audible reviews of the book. In this novel Pressfield took on the Character of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War. The fictional narrative is two times removed from Alcibiades. The main character is an old man telling the account of the man who assassinated Alcibiades. The assassin was Polemides, a friend

For such a huge story over the course of almost thirty years, Pressfield chooses a confusing couple of protagonists to narrate his story. (And sometimes it is confusing to even figure out which narrator is telling the story or who's letters that narrator is reading.) Since the story of the Peloponnesian War revolves around Alcibiades and how his fortunes mirror the fortunes of Athens it is a strange decision to tell the story through actors who are mostly removed from the main character.As great

This book is definitely not for the faint of heart. Also as a warning it is mostly told from a soldier's point of view and has all of the attendant language that you would expect from a soldier. But I really enjoyed this book. It is the story of the Peloponnesian War, the 27 year war between Sparta and Athens and specifically about the Athenian General Alcibiades. The story is told by one Jason who was a student of Socrates and a leading figure in Athenian political life who was also somewhat of

Not enough of best boy Theramenes but still good

This requires one to be a little bit of a history geek. It's an epic set in the Peloponnesian War. The narration style can be a bit confusing, and some momentum is lost by the end, but the characters are intriguing, and Pressfield's writing style falls somewhere comfortably between classical and modern. The chapter detailing the disastrous Athenian invasion of Sicily is mesmerizing, and pretty much worth the whole read.

Having recently read about the classical age of Europe I found a gap in my knowledge of Ancient Greece, that of the Peloponnese wars that raged over a few decades in Greece & the surrounding Aegean Sea. The author Steven Pressfield has also been on my radar for a while too so a perfect combo?Oh dear..... my first dnf of the year at around 90 pages. The endless narrative (from two different persons) is jus not for me & was bored beyond believe with no dialogue/interaction......... I

Absolutely the best fiction based on the Peloponnesian War (431-404 BC). Well researched and grounded in history, with interesting characters galore. Alcibiades is one of my favorite historical figures and this book really brings him to life.