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The Final Over: The Cricketers of Summer 1914
Christopher Sandford
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Description for The Final Over: The Cricketers of Summer 1914
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 33 black & white illustrations, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJF; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWN; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Shortlisted for the 2015 Cricket Society and MCC Book of the Year Award.Shortlisted for the Cross British Sports Book of the Year 2015 (Cricket category). August 1914 brought an end to the ‘Golden Age’ of English cricket. At least 210 professional cricketers (out of a total of 278 registered) signed up to fight, of whom thirty-four were killed. However, that period and those men were far more than merely statistics: here we follow in intimate detail not only the cricketers of that fateful last summer before the war, but also the simple pleasures and daily struggles of their family lives ... Read more
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Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Place of Publication
Stroud, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780750962988
SKU
V9780750962988
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Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
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99-50
About Christopher Sandford
CHRISTOPHER SANDFORD is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines on both sides of the Atlantic. He has written numerous biographies of music, film and sports stars, as well as Union Jack, a bestselling book on John F. Kennedy’s special relationship with Great Britain described by the National Review as ‘political history of a high order – the Kennedy book ... Read more
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