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1923
- The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
Engelsk Paperback
1923
- The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
Engelsk Paperback

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WINNER OF THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2024 CYCLING BOOK OF THE YEAR
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: SPORT
NOMINATED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

''An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing''
-The Telegraph

''[A] fascinating and often touching book… Wonderful'' -The Times

In the autumn of 2020 Ned Boulting (ITV head cycling commentator and Tour de France obsessive) bought a length of Pathé news film from a London auction house. All he knew was it was film from the Tour de France, a long time ago. Once restored it became clear it was a short sequence of shots from stage 4 of the 1923 Tour de France. No longer than 2.5 minutes long, it featured half a dozen sequences, including a lone rider crossing a bridge.

Ned set about learning everything he could about the sequence – studying each frame, face and building – until he had squeezed the meaning from it. It sets him off in fascinating directions, encompassing travelogue, history, mystery story – to explain, to go deeper into this moment in time, captured on his little film.

Join him as he explores the history of cycling and France just five years after WWI.











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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
288
ISBN-13:
9781399401586
Indbinding:
Paperback
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ISBN-10:
1399401580
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Udg. Dato:
4 jul 2024
Længde:
20mm
Bredde:
130mm
Højde:
197mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Oplagsdato:
4 jul 2024
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