Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Powerful story telling of mans courage facing a known death

This book literally transports you to the battlefield of Thermopylae where the reader camps with the 300 Spartans and their allies. The invading Persian Army will sweep across Greece unless valuable time is bought. The combat scenes are powerful, brutal and show the courage of men fighting for their homeland.The saga of brave men in conflict reminded me a great deal of the writings of Stephen Ambrose whose recent books about American soldiers in World War II showed us how men fighting for a cause they believe in can accomplish almost anything. This is a wonderful story that is well told.