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The real story of Thermopylae
Monday, March 12 2007 @ 12:01 AM EST
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Culture/historyFrom Overlook Press (press release):
Historian Paul Cartledge Tells the True Story Behind the Battle of Thermopylae in New Book
Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World
NEW YORK - With the blockbuster wide release-3,000 theatres plus Imax- the Warner Brothers film "300" based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, perhaps the most famous battle in history (with all its association with our own time) moves into the 21st century spotlight.
One of ancient world's most important events, the battle at Thermopylae between the fabled King Xerxes and his huge Persian army and the 300 Greeks - led by King Leonides and a small party of Spartans - has long captured the imagination of writers, artists, filmmakers, historians and politicians.
"300," releasing nationwide on Friday, March 9, is a tour de force of cinematic storytelling. Moviegoers will want to know a historically accurate account of Thermopylae as only distinguished historian Paul Cartledge has told it it, in his just published work THERMOPYLAE.
As a Main Selection of the History Book Club, the club wrote "Good history tells a vivid story and makes us think. This book does both."
Also enjoy a historically accurate account of the battle and its modern day implications in a new book by renowned classical historian Paul Cartledge: Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World (Overlook Press, $30).
In absorbing detail, Cartledge surveys the historical backdrop that led to Thermopylae with a persuasive argument on why it shaped the identity of this culture clash between East and West and changed the way our generation thinks about civilization itself. A story of combat, courage, and death, reverberates against the sound and the fury of the news every morning.
CRITICAL PRAISE FOR THERMOPYLAE: The Battle That Change the World
"A masterful account of the causes, preparations for and consequences of the three-day battle in 480 BC that claimed the lives of all 300 Spartan defenders of the eponymous pass and those of perhaps as many as 20,000 Persian invaders. A class in Western Civilization that both instructs and entertains." -Kirkus Reviews
"Cartledge's narrative neatly sifts ancient accounts of Thermopylae itself, a morale-raising, time-burying defeat for the Greeks. The real passion of Thermopylae lies in the author's sudden discovery that his subject is exciting to other people again." -The Wall Street Journal
"As this beautifully written and stirring saga asserts, the history of Western civilization would almost certainly have been fundamentally different had the Persians prevailed. When describing the actual military conflict, Cartledge's account has a special urgency and poignancy. An outstanding retelling of one of the seminal events in world history." -Booklist
Paul Cartledge is a Professor of Greek History at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Clare College. A world expert on Athens and Sparta in the Classical Age, he has been described as a Laconophile. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks and the Channel 4 series The Spartans, presented by Bettany Hughes.
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Monday, March 12 2007 @ 04:07 AM EST
The real story of Thermopylae
Monday, March 12 2007 @ 12:01 AM EST
Posted By: News Editor
Views: 1
Culture/historyFrom Overlook Press (press release):
Historian Paul Cartledge Tells the True Story Behind the Battle of Thermopylae in New Book
Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World
NEW YORK - With the blockbuster wide release-3,000 theatres plus Imax- the Warner Brothers film "300" based on Frank Miller's graphic novel, perhaps the most famous battle in history (with all its association with our own time) moves into the 21st century spotlight.
One of ancient world's most important events, the battle at Thermopylae between the fabled King Xerxes and his huge Persian army and the 300 Greeks - led by King Leonides and a small party of Spartans - has long captured the imagination of writers, artists, filmmakers, historians and politicians.
"300," releasing nationwide on Friday, March 9, is a tour de force of cinematic storytelling. Moviegoers will want to know a historically accurate account of Thermopylae as only distinguished historian Paul Cartledge has told it it, in his just published work THERMOPYLAE.
As a Main Selection of the History Book Club, the club wrote "Good history tells a vivid story and makes us think. This book does both."
Also enjoy a historically accurate account of the battle and its modern day implications in a new book by renowned classical historian Paul Cartledge: Thermopylae: The Battle That Changed the World (Overlook Press, $30).
In absorbing detail, Cartledge surveys the historical backdrop that led to Thermopylae with a persuasive argument on why it shaped the identity of this culture clash between East and West and changed the way our generation thinks about civilization itself. A story of combat, courage, and death, reverberates against the sound and the fury of the news every morning.
CRITICAL PRAISE FOR THERMOPYLAE: The Battle That Change the World
"A masterful account of the causes, preparations for and consequences of the three-day battle in 480 BC that claimed the lives of all 300 Spartan defenders of the eponymous pass and those of perhaps as many as 20,000 Persian invaders. A class in Western Civilization that both instructs and entertains." -Kirkus Reviews
"Cartledge's narrative neatly sifts ancient accounts of Thermopylae itself, a morale-raising, time-burying defeat for the Greeks. The real passion of Thermopylae lies in the author's sudden discovery that his subject is exciting to other people again." -The Wall Street Journal
"As this beautifully written and stirring saga asserts, the history of Western civilization would almost certainly have been fundamentally different had the Persians prevailed. When describing the actual military conflict, Cartledge's account has a special urgency and poignancy. An outstanding retelling of one of the seminal events in world history." -Booklist
Paul Cartledge is a Professor of Greek History at Cambridge University, and a fellow of Clare College. A world expert on Athens and Sparta in the Classical Age, he has been described as a Laconophile. He was chief historical consultant for the BBC TV series The Greeks and the Channel 4 series The Spartans, presented by Bettany Hughes.
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