"Gates of Fire" von Steven Pressfield ist ein historischer Roman, der die berühmte Schlacht bei den Thermopylen im Jahr 480 v. Chr. behandelt. Die Geschichte wird aus der Perspektive des griechischen Soldaten Xeones erzählt, der als...

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...

Autumn,1942: Hitler's legions have swept across Europe. Soviet Russia reels under the German onslaught while across the channel, Britain struggles on. And in North Africa, Field Marshall Erwin Rommel and his Afrika Korps have routed the...