Ok, just finished. A story well told. It seems somewhat different in style to Manchester's first two volumes, but it has been some years since I last read Manchester. Having said that I found the book an enjoyable and informative reading experience. The later life of WSC is well described, with a many anecdotes included. I particularly enjoyed learning more of his post war years, and was glad to see that his medical condition was not as bad as I had been led to believe. Also his "black dog", apparently a fiction?

Egregious error over the number of troops at Thermopylae (not 10k, but 100k+ Persians).