New Stephen Pressfield book on Alexander the Great

[Arthes]

Stephen Pressfield has a new book about the life of Alexander the Great, due to be released on July 25th.
The Afghan Campaign is the story of Alexander's invasions of 330bce in Sogdiana, Bactria and the areas of what are now Afghanistan
[url:3h3l0h6r]http://www.stevenpressfield.com/content/next.asp[/url]
Amazon ...[url:3h3l0h6r]http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/038551641X/qid=1141588432/sr=1-8/ref=sr_1_8/102-7066267-0726514?s=books&v=glance&n=283155[/url]
(The guy on the front cover is rather good looking, I must say.... :roll: :oops: )
(I can't get the RAT Amazon link to work on here)
regards
Arthes

[Robert Vermaat]

Darn. It won't be published until July in the UK...

[Dan Diffendale]

Speaking of Amazon and Stephen Pressfield, I've just started reading his Last of the Amazons, set in the Athens of Theseus. I had a good haul at the Barnes and Noble bargain rack the other day. The above-mentioned, The Last King about Mithridates VI Eupator, by Michael Curtis Ford, Hadrian's Wall set in 122 AD, by William Dietrich, and The War at Troy by Lindsay Clarke. I started with Pressfield because I loved Gates of Fire and Tides of War. Anyone read any of the others -- recommendations for which to read next?

I also got Latin Quips at Your Fingertips by Rose Williams and X-treme Latin by Henry Beard (Author of Latin for All Occasions), just for reference... 8)

[Niedel]

I have to say, I was a little disappointed of his previous Alexander book, The Virtues of War. To have Alexander narrate in the first person just didn't work, IMO. Gates of Fire was far superior. But I'm interested in this one, if it focuses more on the nitty-gritty of war it might be more up Pressfield's alley.