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From the acclaimed master of historical fiction comes an epic saga about a reluctant hero, the Roman Empire, and the rise of a new faith.

Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, first century AD. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, officers of the Roman Empire acquire intelligence of a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic to insurrectionists in Corinth. The content of this letter could bring down the empire.

The Romans hire a former legionary, the solitary man-at-arms, Telamon of Arcadia, to intercept

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A Man at Arms: A Novel by Steven Pressfield Book Review

Name: Michael McClellan
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Tremendous -- Pressfield at his Finest
Date: Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2021
Review: I wish I could give this six stars.

The ending literally took my breath away and moved me to tears (I will omit saying anything specific that could be a spoiler). It is, however, both surprising and inevitable in the manner of the greatest works, and left me stunned in the afterglow of its power and beauty.

The phenomenal premise gripped me from the beginning. From the back cover:

"Jerusalem and the Sinai desert, AD 55. In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, agents of the Roman Empire receive information about a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic calling himself Paul the Apostle to insurrectionists in Corinth. What's in the letter could bring down an empire.

"The Romans hire a former legionary, a solitary man-at-arms named Telamon to intercept the letter and destroy the courier. Telamon fights for money, not principles. He's been promised a rich reward; should he fail, the punishment is death by crucifixion. But once he meets the courier, Telamon experiences an extraordinary conversion, and instead of carrying out the mission, takes on an Empire . . ."

And Pressfield delivers. My strong suspicion is that this book will endure among the greatest of his greatest books, including the ones that have sold a million copies.

This one feels like it arrived on a straight pipeline from the Muse. A Man at Arms is undoubtedly a great work of art, but perhaps even more than that, it puts a timeless message straight into the heart of the reader. And that message may be what we all need to hear as the antidote to this precise moment in time.

Bravo, and I hope this book moves you as much as it moved me.

Name: WEB
Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Great read!
Date: Reviewed in the United States on March 2, 2021
Review: Great read! A Man At Arms will sit nicely in your library alongside Gates of Fire and Tides of War. The big difference is that with A Man At Arms you get a truly in-depth look into the complex character of Telemon. As the action progresses (and there is a lot!) you get glimpses of the personal ethos that makes this character tick and by book's end find yourself girding for battle to fight by his side. Steven Pressfield has once again hit a home run!

Name: George P. Wood
Rating: 3.0 out of 5 stars
Title: The book's setup piqued my interest, but the plot couldn't sustain it
Date: Reviewed in the United States on March 17, 2021
Review: “In the turbulent aftermath of the crucifixion of Jesus, officers of the Roman Empire acquire intelligence of a pilgrim bearing an incendiary letter from a religious fanatic to insurrectionists in Corinth. The contents of this letter could bring down the empire.”

So reads the dust jacket of Stephen Pressfield’s new novel, A Man at Arms. The book tells the story of Telamon of Arcadia, the titular “man of arms,” who is a former Roman legionary, now mercenary. He is hired by the commander of the Tenth Legion to track down the pilgrim and retrieve the letter. The pilgrim is Michael the Nazarene (i.e., a Christian), and the letter is the apostle Paul’s first to the Corinthians.

I am a Christian minister, and this setup piqued my interest. Unfortunately, the book didn’t sustain my interest throughout. My two rules for fiction of this type are that (1) the story is a page-turner, and (2) it doesn’t tax my willing suspension of disbelief. A Man at Arms failed on both counts.

First, the book wasn’t a page-turner. Books that I enjoy compel me to keep reading them because I’m so interested in what is happening. That wasn’t true here. A book this length would normally take me several hours to read over the course of one or two sittings. I found myself picking up and putting aside A Man at Arms every few chapters, which meant it took me several days to read. I read it less out of joy and more out of duty.

Second, A Man at Arms taxed my willing suspension of disbelief. My favorite types of fiction are murder and suspense novels, especially ones in a series, like Michael Connelly’s Harry Bosch novels or Daniel Silva’s Gabriel Allon stories. I also enjoy historical fiction, though—such as Patrick O’Brian’s Aubrey/Maturin novels.

Pressfield is considered a master of the historical fiction genre, based on his previous novels, Gates of Fire (about the Spartans at Thermopylae) and Tides of War (about Alcibiades). One can see his historical orientation in his descriptions of Roman weaponry, martial training, and battle tactics. He clearly has done his research on those topics, as well as a few other that figure into the story.

But the basic premise of the story seems ahistorical to me. It is set in the mid 50s AD, and assumes that Christianity is both distinct from and at odds with Judaism on the one hand, as well as suspected of treason by the Romans on the other. Neither assumption is correct on my reading of early Christian history (e.g., as seen in the Acts of the Apostles).

Some Jews in some places opposed some Christians, but not all everywhere. Similarly, Luke goes out of his way to show that the early Christians were on good terms with the Roman government. Most importantly, in A.D. 51–52, Gallio served as Roman proconsul in Achaia and acquitted Paul himself during a trial … in Corinth (Acts 18)! It seems unlikely that just four years later, a letter to the still-young church in the same city would’ve elicited a far more negative response.

Moreover, why would Paul — writing to Corinth from Ephesus (1 Corinthians 16:8) — send his letter via Jerusalem (to the south) rather than more directly to Corinth (to the west)? Socially, politically, and geographically, the book’s setup seems wrong.

Some other turnoffs in the book include its occasional didacticism and its stilted vocabulary. Fiction should tell, not show, but at times—especially, early in the novel — Pressfield lectures rather than narrates. At times, his word choice and syntax also struck me as odd. Perhaps it was an effort to lend the book a classical feel, but to me, it was offputting.

And then there was the issue of motivation: Given that Telamon’s religious and moral convictions were more Stoic than Christian, though he admired Michael the Nazarene’s courage in the face of adversity, it never became entirely clear to me why Telamon ended up making the choices he made. Nor why others in the story followed him so dearly.

On one thing, however, Pressfield is absolutely right. The kind of religion revealed in Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians really was anti-imperial. The Christians knew this early on, given that they worshiped Jesus as Lord, rather than Caesar. But in the mid-50s, whether in Judea or other provinces of the empire, Rome did not yet know this.

So, a three-star “Meh” from me for A Man at Arms. It has its moments, but even in the realm of historical fiction, it just didn’t work for me.

Name: Keith Thompson
Rating: 1.0 out of 5 stars
Title: One of my favorite authors stumbles badly
Date: Reviewed in the United States on March 20, 2021
Review: I’m an historian and I LOVED Steven Pressfield’s previous historical fiction books. That’s why this new book “A Man At Arms” was such a terrible disappointment. Unlike his previous fiction, Pressfield ignores historical truth, and invents a plot that revolves around a Roman persecution that didn’t happen until ten years later (and for a different reason), and even then greatly exaggerates the urgency and paranoia of the Roman response. In actual history, the “maguffin” (the thing that has the entire Roman empire so worried that they have multiple legions trying to stop it) is something the Romans didn’t care a fig about at the time. As for the story itself, it is repetitive, relies on wildly improbable coincidences, and the protagonists are constantly performing impossible physical feats. It was disheartening to see a writer of Pressfield’s talents continually resorting to the expedient “He somehow” or “Somehow they”, rather than actually explain how his characters could get out of some impossible situation.

In the past I would often force myself to stop reading a Pressfield book because I wanted to to savor it, and have something to look forward to for the next few days. But “Man At Arms” was the polar opposite: I had to force myself to keep reading on the assumption that Pressfield would somehow pull it all together with a great ending. Alas, the ending was every bit as unbelievable, ahistorical, and pointless as the rest. If there was a moral or lesson here, I’m afraid it completely eluded me.

Name: Kindle Customer
Rating: 2.0 out of 5 stars
Title: Good writing, poor story line.
Date: Reviewed in the United States on March 8, 2021
Review: Pressfield's writing is superb, and I've been a fan of his novels about ancient times for years. This story, however, leaves much to be desired. A lot of it is just not believable, and the end, frankly, seems pointless. This makes it a frustrating novel, at best.