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Four Lions: The Lives and Times of Four Captains of England
Colin Shindler
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Description for Four Lions: The Lives and Times of Four Captains of England
Paperback. Colin Shindler explores the changing sporting and cultural landscape of Britain through the careers of four iconic football captains: Wright, Moore, Lineker and Beckham. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJP; WSBT; WSJA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
explores the changing landscape of postwar England through the careers of four iconic England football captains: Billy Wright, Bobby Moore, Gary Lineker and David Beckham. Between Wright, who fought in World War II, and Beckham, whose battles against Germany were played out on the football field, huge shifts in English society were mirrored by seismic changes to the national game as television transformed the way in which it is financed and consumed. In England, more than any other nation, the man with the captain's armband has symbolic significance: he embodies the nation. And these four lions ... Read more
explores the changing landscape of postwar England through the careers of four iconic England football captains: Billy Wright, Bobby Moore, Gary Lineker and David Beckham. Between Wright, who fought in World War II, and Beckham, whose battles against Germany were played out on the football field, huge shifts in English society were mirrored by seismic changes to the national game as television transformed the way in which it is financed and consumed. In England, more than any other nation, the man with the captain's armband has symbolic significance: he embodies the nation. And these four lions ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Head of Zeus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
384
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781784082758
SKU
V9781784082758
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-50
About Colin Shindler
Colin Shindler is a social and cultural historian, lecturing at Cambridge University. Among the dozen books he has written are the bestselling memoir Manchester United Ruined My Life, and National Service, a social history of conscription 1946-62.
Reviews for Four Lions: The Lives and Times of Four Captains of England
'Four ages in British life as defined by four iconic England soccer captains is the subject of this fascinating book' Choice magazine. 'Imaginatively chronicles English footballing history via the life, career and times of four England captains' Philosophy Football. 'Well-written narrative ... an efficiently put-together chronology of English football's transformation into what it is today' All About History.