Harold Larwood
the Ashes bowler who wiped out Australia
$48.97
- Paperback
400 pages
- Release Date
1 June 2010
Summary
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is the first ever biography of Harold Larwood. Larwood, one of the most talented, accurate and intimidating fast bowlers of all time is mainly remembered for his role in the infamous Bodyline series of 1932-3 which brought Anglo-Australian diplomatic relations to the brink of collapse.
Larwood was made the scapegoat - and despite the fact he was simply following his captain’s instructions, he never played cricket for England aga…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781849162074 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1849162077 |
| Author: | Duncan Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Quercus Publishing |
| Imprint: | riverrun |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 400 |
| Release Date: | 1 June 2010 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 197mm x 134mm x 20mm |
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Critics Review
‘Finally Larwood’s memory is honoured with the biography it deserves’ Independent on Sunday.
‘An excellent storyteller, Hamilton looks beyond the dry detail of Bodyline to illuminate its principal perpetrator’ The Cricketer. * The Cricketer *
‘Wonderful … Meticulously researched and beautifully written. Please read it.’
Mike Selvey, Guardian.
‘Finally Larwood’s memory is honoured with the biography it deserves’ Independent on Sunday. * Independent on Sunday *
‘A near-masterpiece… a magnificently written, intensely moving story of… a great England fast bowler. … If you want to know why the Ashes matter, you could do worse then lose yourself for a few days in the story of this great and humble man.’ Mike Atherton, the Times. * The Times *
This is cricket biography of the highest stamp, fit to compare in recent memory with Gideon Haigh’s excavation of the life of Jack Iverson, David Foot’s dramatic revisionism on Wally Hammond and Leo McKinstry’s remarkably even-handed portrait of Geoff Boycott. Five stars’ Wisden Cricketer. * Wisden Cricketer *
About The Author
Duncan Hamilton
Duncan Hamilton has won three William Hill Sports Book of the Year Prizes and been nominated on four further occasions. He has also claimed two British Sports Book Awards and is the first writer to have won the Wisden Cricket Book of the Year three times. His biography of the Chariots of Fire runner Eric Liddell, For the Glory, was a New York Times bestseller. He most recently collaborated with Jonny Bairstow on the cricketer’s autobiography, A Clear Blue Sky.
He lives at the foot of the Yorkshire Dales.
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