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Tides of war : a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War

As commander on land & sea, Alcibiades was never defeated. Kinsman of Pericles, protégé of Socrates, the warrior was renowned as the most brilliant & charismatic personality of his day, as--fearlessly ambitious, politically ruthless--he forever altered Athens' destiny. During the twenty-seven-year Peloponnesian War, he swept from victory to victory, seemingly invincible. And then, in a shattering twist of fortune, he tumbled from glory. Recounted by Alcibiades' trusted bodyguard & hired assassin in a mesmerizing death-row confession, Tides of War is historical fiction at its finest--a rich & moving flesh-and-blood retelling of one of history's pivotal conflicts, written by an incomparable master of historical fiction.

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  • "Presents the story of the great Athenian warrior and general Alcibiades, from his great victories on behalf of Athens to his later alliances with Sparta and Persia and his role in the eventual downfall of Athens."
  • "As commander on land & sea, Alcibiades was never defeated. Kinsman of Pericles, protégé of Socrates, the warrior was renowned as the most brilliant & charismatic personality of his day, as--fearlessly ambitious, politically ruthless--he forever altered Athens' destiny. During the twenty-seven-year Peloponnesian War, he swept from victory to victory, seemingly invincible. And then, in a shattering twist of fortune, he tumbled from glory. Recounted by Alcibiades' trusted bodyguard & hired assassin in a mesmerizing death-row confession, Tides of War is historical fiction at its finest--a rich & moving flesh-and-blood retelling of one of history's pivotal conflicts, written by an incomparable master of historical fiction."@en
  • "BONUS: This edition contains an excerpt from Steven Pressfield's The Profession. 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."
  • "As commander on land and sea, Alcibiades was never defeated. Kinsman of Pericles, protégé of Socrates, the warrior was renowned as the most brilliant and charismatic personality of his day, as--fearlessly ambitious, politically ruthless--he forever altered Athens' destiny. During the twenty-seven-year Peloponnesian War, he swept from victory to victory, seemingly invincible. And then, in a shattering twist of fortune, he tumbled from glory. Recounted by Alcibiades' trusted bodyguard & hired assassin in a mesmerizing death-row confession, Tides of War is historical fiction at its finest--a rich and moving flesh-and-blood retelling of one of history's pivotal conflicts, written by an incomparable master of historical fiction."@en
  • "Brilliant at war, a master of politics and a charismatic lover, Alcibiades was Athen's favourite son and the city's greatest general."@en

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  • "Powieść historyczna amerykańska"@pl
  • "Fiction"
  • "Fiction"@pl
  • "Fiction"@en
  • "Fiction"@tr
  • "Biografické romány"
  • "Belletristische Darstellung"
  • "Americké romány"
  • "Electronic books"@en
  • "Electronic books"
  • "Translations"
  • "Historical fiction"@en
  • "Historical fiction"
  • "History"@pl
  • "History"
  • "History"@en
  • "History"@tr
  • "Biographical fiction"
  • "Historické romány"
  • "American fiction"

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  • "I venti dell'egeo"
  • "Tides of war : a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War"
  • "Tides of war : a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War"@en
  • "Savaş dalgaları"
  • "Savaş dalgaları"@tr
  • "Tides of war /S: a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War"
  • "A háború hullámai"
  • "Anemi polemou"
  • "Tides of war : a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian war"
  • "Der Athener Roman"
  • "Prilivy voĭny : Roman ob Alkiviade i Peloponesskoĭ voĭne"
  • "Tides of war"
  • "Tides of war"@en
  • "Tides of war An Epic Novel of Alcebiades and the Peloponnesia War"
  • "Vientos de guerra"
  • "Vientos de guerra"@es
  • "I venti dell'Egeo"@it
  • "Souboj s Bohy : román o Alkibiadovi a peloponéské válce"
  • "Anemoi polemou : ena mythistorēma gia ton Alkiviadē kai ton Peloponnēsiako polemo"
  • "Souboj s bohy : román o Alkibiadovi a peloponéské válce"
  • "Anemoi polemou : ena mythistorema gia ton Alkibiade kai ton Peloponnesianko Polemo"
  • "Fale wojny"@pl
  • "Tides of war a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War"@en
  • "Tides of war a novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War"

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