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    <body><![CDATA[I am partly to blame for not being crazy about this book I think. Maybe my expectations were too high. I had just come off of reading two other books by Pressfield that were terrific (Gates of Hell &amp; The Afghan Campaign) and it is possible that I was comparing this to those. Anyway, this story seeme...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/51913092">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[As Steven Pressfield points out, there are few ancient references to the mythical Amazons, the mythical warrior women of the ancient world.  Since Schliemann's discovery of Troy, however, many scholars have come to believe that real history lies behind myth.<br/><br/>Presented through the eyes of ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7557285">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[With an epic scope and keen sense of detail, Steven Pressfield has created an entertaining and vital reimagining of the Amazon legend with  his historical novel, <em>Last of the Amazons</em>. Combining myth with history, Pressfield offers a conjectural account of the legendary  female warrior tribe as it may have existed in the years leading up to its extinction.  Following the Athenian-Amazon war in the fifth century B.C., Amazon warrior Selene is taken captive and placed as an unlikely governess to the two daughters of a high-ranking Greek. The three form a lasting bond, and when Selene eventually escapes to return to Amazonia, eldest daughter Europa follows her.  The Athenians, including King Theseus, assemble a group to find them, eventually traveling to Amazonia.  Here, those involved relate the story of the Amazon war to the men, and the book's action really begins.  Narrators tell of Theseus's earlier voyage to Amazonia, where his weakened crew was given shelter by the Amazons; the love affair between Theseus and Amazon queen Antiope; and the terrible consequences of the queen's defection and the Amazonian invasion of Athens that it inspired.<p> Throughout, Pressfield instills <em>Amazons</em> with a grandiose sensibility, firmly modeling it after the Homeric epics of its time.  Pressfield relishes in describing these events and their heroes with a divinely consequential spirit:<p> <blockquote> Antiope advanced&#133;Clearly no few of the foe took her for a goddess, with such splendor did her armor gleam and by such brilliance did her aspect exceed the common measure of humanity.  The hour was still early, the west-facing slope deep in shadow, so that the Amazon, seen from the besiegers' lines, advanced from gloom into flares of blinding dazzle. </blockquote> <p> Some clumsy dialogue and clichéd interactions hamper the book's emotional resonance, but the level of intricacy and constant action on display here keep the pages moving along.  <em>Amazon</em>  is ultimately an impressive, fun read that renders history spectacular in its speculation. <em>--Ross Doll</em> </p></p></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I couldn't finish it. This book took almost 100 pages for me to even start being somewhat interested. I held on for another 100 pages before I gave up. The author tries to create this Amazonian culture from nothing and unfortnately it falls flat. Whenever a book has to spend so mauch time defining a...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45546240">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Plutarch reports the legend and Pressfield fleshes out the story.  I was distracted a couple of times by seemingly too modern terminology (perhaps this is due to my own ignorance).  All in all, I thought it a worthwhile read and if the legend be not true, it should be true.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This was a very interesting a graphic novel.  I didn't know much about the subject at all before I read it.  I liked Pressfields book &quot;Gates of Fire&quot; and this one also lived up to my expectations!<br/><br/>Very brutal and unique story of an extinct warrior tribe.  The story is told from ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/42013455">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Having a great love for Wonder Woman (the Amazon Princess from Thymescira) and a fascination of Amazons in general, I look forward to reading this book.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Another excellent work by Pressfield detailing the lives of the mythical Amazons and the last of their kind before their demise before the gates of Athens.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[An enjoyable story - I best liked the idea of Theseus as a real person and the beginnings of democracy.  The Amazon story was not as exciting as I hoped, I wanted more detail.  Of course that detail would have to be made up out of thin air, so maybe it isn't a realistic expectation. He makes a race ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/21513824">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Hated it. I don't say that about many books and it's probably not fair for me to make such a strong statement about a book I didn't finish - didn't even come close. The writing was choppy and confusing and I honestly had no idea what the author was trying to convey. Extremely disappointing.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A good book, just not wonderful. I would definitely recommend it. It had an interesting style of storytelling, which I did appreciate.<br/>It had quite a bit of action, too which made it a good read. Just a little tiny bit romancy... :(]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[There are some great battles, and I loved the way Amazon culture is imagined. Another thing that was cool about this book is the way it shows you what it might have been like to see the world as one of these ancients. <br/><br/>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great book, lots of gore, lots of strength and a bit of love. The battle were fantastic. One of my personal favourites. ]]></body>
    
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