1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
Autor Ned Boultingen Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 iul 2024
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399401586
ISBN-10: 1399401580
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: Black and white images
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1399401580
Pagini: 288
Ilustrații: Black and white images
Dimensiuni: 129 x 198 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury Publishing
Colecția Bloomsbury Sport
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
Caracteristici
Ned travels to France and Belgium to uncover the secrets of the 1923 film, and tells the story of the descent into WWII in the process as he widens his story to contextualise the race politically and historically
Notă biografică
Ned Boulting is the UK's best known voice of cycling - he commentates on the Tour de France for ITV, and all other major cycling races. Ned is the author of five books, including the bestselling How I Won the Yellow Jumper and On the Road Bike. He lives in London with his wife and two children. @nedboulting
Cuprins
1. Looking2. Falling3. MovingPostscriptFurther ReadingIndex
Recenzii
[a] fascinating and often touching book. Wonderful
An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing
Spellbinding
A captivating journey of discovery into a lost world. A real joy to read.
Witty, discursive, and tons of fun, Ned Boulting has the Tour de France under his skin, and you will too by the time you've read this
Ned's captivating book explores one man's obsession with this magnificent event and casts an intriguing light on a tiny fragment of a race long gone by
Ned has created a rich tapestry from the finest of threads ... I felt transported back with him to the very origins of bike racing and the world that created it
one of the most intelligent sporting books i have come across.the writing is compulsive, eloquently conveying the twists and turns of the story as it unfolds.excellent
There has never been a cycling book quite like this one. A scrap of newsreel film, a century old and two and a half minutes long, sweeps Ned Boulting back not just into the world of a forgotten hero of the Tour de France but into the forces that shaped that world: a collision of sport, war, family and destiny. And as he searches for the tiniest clues among the faded celluloid shadows, he carries us along with him, making us his companions on a remarkable mission of rediscovery
Delightful
utterly captivating.an amazing concept and a truly fascinating adventure into cycling, history and people. a truly addictive read.
Beginning with a fragment of a century-old race, Ned has written a 'biography of the unknown rider'. And in honouring him he's told us more about bike racing, the Tour and about Europe in the years between the wars than we'd ever have learned from a book about a star
This is a wonderful piece of writing that transcends sport.
Boulting's enthusiasm for the footage is catching. [He] is a sympathetic writer and an extremely knowledgeable historian.
An engaging melange of sports writing, history, travelogue and detective story... Fascinating
An exceptional book
A great example of what constitutes the best longform writing about sport
An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing
Spellbinding
A captivating journey of discovery into a lost world. A real joy to read.
Witty, discursive, and tons of fun, Ned Boulting has the Tour de France under his skin, and you will too by the time you've read this
Ned's captivating book explores one man's obsession with this magnificent event and casts an intriguing light on a tiny fragment of a race long gone by
Ned has created a rich tapestry from the finest of threads ... I felt transported back with him to the very origins of bike racing and the world that created it
one of the most intelligent sporting books i have come across.the writing is compulsive, eloquently conveying the twists and turns of the story as it unfolds.excellent
There has never been a cycling book quite like this one. A scrap of newsreel film, a century old and two and a half minutes long, sweeps Ned Boulting back not just into the world of a forgotten hero of the Tour de France but into the forces that shaped that world: a collision of sport, war, family and destiny. And as he searches for the tiniest clues among the faded celluloid shadows, he carries us along with him, making us his companions on a remarkable mission of rediscovery
Delightful
utterly captivating.an amazing concept and a truly fascinating adventure into cycling, history and people. a truly addictive read.
Beginning with a fragment of a century-old race, Ned has written a 'biography of the unknown rider'. And in honouring him he's told us more about bike racing, the Tour and about Europe in the years between the wars than we'd ever have learned from a book about a star
This is a wonderful piece of writing that transcends sport.
Boulting's enthusiasm for the footage is catching. [He] is a sympathetic writer and an extremely knowledgeable historian.
An engaging melange of sports writing, history, travelogue and detective story... Fascinating
An exceptional book
A great example of what constitutes the best longform writing about sport