Kyle Harrison
to-read
Gates of Fire
Gates of Fire: An Epic Novel of the Battle of Thermopylae
- Author
- Steven Pressfield
- Published
- 1998
- Pages
- 421
- Recommended
- Once
Why it’s on the list: Steven Pressfield’s Thermopylae, narrated by a squire who survived it — a novel read as a leadership text by enough militaries that it sits on official reading lists.
Where I heard about it
- Replies to @typesfast — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best history book you’ve read?” (listed as “Gates of Fire by Pressfield”), June 2025. Full list: What’s the best history book… (tweet).
Connections
- Steven Pressfield — Author.
- War — The subject.
- Leadership — Why it keeps turning up on professional reading lists.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — the thread this recommendation came from.