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Tides of War (2000)

de Steven Pressfield

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Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML: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 citys 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

Pressfields 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

Pressfields 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.
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( Αν αυτά που αναφέρονται στο βιβλίο είναι έστω τα μισά αληθινά, ο Αλκιβιάδης ήταν ένα καθήκι που του άξιζε να πάθει και πολλά χειρότερα. Η υπέρμετρη τόλμη και φιλοδοξία πάντα είναι κακοί σύμβουλοι. ) ( )
  Bella_Baxter | Jul 27, 2022 |
Pressfield is hard to fault in this historical fiction centred around the Athenian general Alcibiades. If I have any criticism, it is of the format, where one narrator is written entirely in italics for pages at a time, and the reader must be constantly on guard to remember which narrator is at work, and to plow through the italicised text without giving up in despair. I was fortunate to have read Thucydides' History of the Peloponnesian War before reading Tides of War, and this work fills in many gaps, particularly those glossed over by Thucydides. Whether this is a result of Thucydides' not completing the history to the bitter end, where Alcibiades plays a more prominent role, I am not sure. Nevertheless, Pressfield's research is evident, and while he admits that the work is historical fiction and he has exercised literary licence to make the story work, his approach, much like in Gates of Fire, is as clever as being independently wealthy. There are many themes, ideas, philosophies, and sentiments weaved in and throughout the story that force one to think about democracy then and as we experience it today. It is hard not to draw parallels of the end of the Athenian Empire with the end of the American Empire I would argue we are witnessing today. That said, Pressfield has not written a political commentary, but rather a story about individuals and their actions against a backdrop of social and political turmoil. The reader can only hope that Alcibiades was as great as he is depicted by Pressfield, and take solace in the extent of his foibles so that it might give lesser mortals a sense of hope despite their own inadequacies. Is this better than Gates of Fire? I think his earlier novel reads better, but the lessons to be gleaned from Tides of War seem less-clichéd than the done-to-death exploits of the 300 at Thermopylae, and for this, I think, this work deserves the gong. While George Bernard Shaw's masterpiece was, for him and me, Back to Methuselah, Pygmalion will always be the popular standout. I think it is the same with these two great novels of historical fiction, but you could do worse than to read anything written by this author. ( )
  madepercy | Nov 7, 2017 |
A bit slow in development and low on action for my taste. ( )
  RamzArtso | Sep 15, 2013 |
Excellent. Pressfield ticks all the boxes.

The story of Alcibiades, somewhat sympathetically told, as he strives to win for Athens glory and success, which was ultimately to prove disastrous both for Athens and himself. Well written, obviously well researched, entertaining, but sad, for anyone who values the ancient Greek world, and Athens at the height of its cultural glory. ( )
  Traveller1 | Mar 30, 2013 |
Steven Pressfield nos envuelve en esta obra ambientada en la Antigua Grecia, como hizo ya otras veces, con Puertas de Fuego (Gates of fire), La Conquista de Alejandro (The Virtues of war) y La Ultima Amazona (Last of Amazons). Vientos de Guerra (Tides of war) es, quizá la mejor obra que haya escrito el señor Pressfield, según la opinión de muchos de sus críticos. Y es que en esta novela histórica consigue el perfecto balance entre lo épico, lo histórico y lo romántico, pasando de escribir tres novelas emotivas y conmovedoras a esta obra maestra, que nos hace palidecer de cólera, sufrir de impotencia, estremecernos de emoción y echar a volar la imaginación con la perfección característica de sus descripciones sobre el mundo de la Grecia Antigua. Un relato perfecto sobre la más incomprendida de las culturas y uno de los conflictos más irónicos, controversiales e inesperados del Mundo Antiguo.
  kika66 | Dec 23, 2010 |
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Fiction. Literature. Historical Fiction. HTML: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 citys 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

Pressfields 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

Pressfields 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.

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