Book Release for The Virtue of War by Steven Pressfield
Title: The Virtues of War
Author: Steven Pressfield
Publisher: Doubleday; www.doubleday.com
Place and Date of Publication: NY, October 19, 2004
ISBN: 0-385-50099-8
Price: $24.95
Description: Hardcover
Availability: Chris Fallon/Publicist Phone: 212-782-9796 or
email: cfallon@randomhouse.com
No one writes about battles as brilliantly as Pressfield, and in The Virtues of War he vividly
describes the seminal conflicts of Alexander's career, revealing the tactics behind them and
capturing the blood, heat, and terror of the battlefield. He follows Alexander's forces as they
faced and defeated armies that far outnumbered them and delivers a thrilling frontline report
from Gaugamela, the scene of Alexander's greatest victory. In the powerful ending, Pressfield
shows a great conqueror finally halted, not by an enemy but by his own overreaching ambition.
Epic in scope and magisterial in tone, The Virtues of War is sure to take its place among the
classics of historical fiction.
About the Author
Steven Pressfield is the author of the hugely successful historical novels Gates of Fire, Tides of
War, and Last of the Amazons. His debut novel, The Legend of Bagger Vance, was made
into a movie starring Matt Damon and Will Smith in 2000. He lives in California
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