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The Telegraph Book of the Olympics

Telegraph Books

Edited by Martin Smith
Genres: Olympic games
Format: Hardback
Publisher: Quarto Publishing PLC, United Kingdom
Imprint: Aurum
Published: 1st May 2012
Dimensions: w 235mm h 164mm d 34mm
Weight: 646g
ISBN-10: 1845137078
ISBN-13: 9781845137076
Barcode No: 9781845137076
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Synopsis
For the record-breaking third time London will be hosting the Olympic Games in 2012. From the inception of Baron Pierre de Courbetin' s crusade to revive the Games of the ancient Greeks, in the 1890s, through the triumphs and disasters of twenty-nine Olympiads, The Daily Telegraph has been there to provide eye-witness accounts of the greatest sporting moments in history with characteristic authority. This comprehensive and colourful review of the summer Olympics takes you back to 1908, the first time London held the Games, with Dorando Pietri' s infamous disqualification in the marathon. Then to Fanny Blankers-Koen and Emil Zatopek lifeting the War-scarred capital in the Austerity Games of 1948. With more recent record-breaking moments from the Olympics of Sydney, Athens and Beijing, this is the perfect scene-setter for the Games' return to London. From Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett to Jesse Owens and Carl Lewis, Kelly Holmes, Steve Redgrave, Ian Thorpe and Daley Thompson, the tears and the glory of all the heroes and villains from 116 years of Olympic history are collected here in this wonderful anthology of the greatest show on earth.

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This book serves as the perfect record of the modern Olympics era The book reflects the high quality of the paper's sports reporting and it is interesting to see how the writing style and the degree of deference have changed over the years in this anthology 're-live some of the greatest moments through the eyes of Telegraph writers' 'Drawn from the pages of the Telegraph,this superb anthology pulls together the very best writing on the Olympics'

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The book reflects the high quality of the paper's sports reporting and it is interesting to see how the writing style and the degree of deference have changed over the years in this anthology

This book serves as the perfect record of the modern Olympics era