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Half-Time
- The Glorious Summer of 1934
Engelsk
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Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9781472908940
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1472908945
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Udg. Dato:
5 maj 2016
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
131mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Serie:
Wisden Sports Writing
Oplagsdato:
5 maj 2016
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Half-Time

- The Glorious Summer of 1934
Engelsk
Paperback
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Set against the backdrop of depression-era politics, 1934 was an annus mirabilis for English sport. Within just a few days of each other, Hedley Verity, Henry Cotton and Fred Perry all triumphed in their field. To a sporting audience still groaning through the quagmire left by the Great Depression, greedy for inspiring distractions, these heroic efforts made for a heady spectacle.

England’s Ashes Test victory at Lord’s (later known as Verity’s match) saw Australia seeking revenge after the Bodyline series of 1932–33, but Verity bowled England to a famous innings victory, taking 15 wickets – 14 in one day! That same day, Cotton set out on the first qualifying round of the British Open. He went on to set a new Open record with a game so sparkling the Daily Express called it “the best round of golf ever played”. And within a fortnight, Perry had beaten Australia’s Jack Crawford in the Wimbledon final. England had an extraordinary national hat-trick.

Together, these three contests and these three singular life stories weave a vivid portrait of an England that has faded from view. Half-Time celebrates a time of intense and rapid social and cultural change, a time that was both the last hurrah of the ancien regime and the stirring of something new. And moving through it, famous actors on a grand stage, are three very English heroes.




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Specifikationer
Sprog:
Engelsk
Sider:
272
ISBN-13:
9781472908940
Indbinding:
Paperback
Udgave:
ISBN-10:
1472908945
Kategori:
Udg. Dato:
5 maj 2016
Længde:
19mm
Bredde:
198mm
Højde:
131mm
Forlag:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Serie:
Wisden Sports Writing
Oplagsdato:
5 maj 2016
Forfatter(e):
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