Tides of War - an Epic Novel of Alcibiades and the Peloponnesian War Paperback – Import, January 1, 2000 by Steven Pressfield 
 
His name was Alcibiades, kinsman of Pericles and protege of Socrates. Undefeated on the battlefield, Alcibiades fled to Sparta after being forced to leave Athens when a trumped-up charge of treason was made against him. There, he was instrumental in guiding its legendary army to triumph.
 
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