Never Surrender
The Life of Douglas Jardine
$61.42
- Hardcover
288 pages
- Release Date
16 August 2021
Summary
Never Surrender: The Life of Douglas Jardine is the enthralling story of England’s most controversial cricket captain, forever associated with bodyline bowling on MCC’s tour to Australia in 1932⁄33. Despite his privileged upbringing and amateur status, Jardine’s steely personality and win-at-all-costs ethos was more akin to the professional game.
Confronted with the run-making genius of Australia’s Don Bradman in 1932⁄33, Jardine resorted to a form of intimidatory bowling that helped …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781785319921 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1785319922 |
| Author: | Mark Peel |
| Publisher: | Pitch Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Pitch Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 16 August 2021 |
| Weight: | 528g |
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Mark Peel
Mark Peel has written 13 books including England Expects: A Biography of Ken Barrington (winner of the 1993 Cricket Society Literary Award), Ambassadors of Goodwill (shortlisted for the MCC/Cricket Society Book of the Year 2018), Playing the Game (shortlisted for the Daily Telegraph Cricket Book of the Year 2018), Cricketing Caesar: A Biography of Mike Brearley and The Hollow Crown: England Cricket Captains from 1945 to the Present.
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