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Gavin Mortimer

Great Swim

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With the rain driving against her goggles, Gertrude stole one or two glances toward the English coast, but it seemed if anything to be receding. 'After that, I felt I had better not look any more,' she said later, 'but just go on swimming as long as I could keep alive.' In the aftermath of the Great War when the world was still trying to bury its wounds, one story captivated Europe and America - the battle between four young women to be the first to conquer the formidable waters of the English Channel. Newspapers from Paris to New York engaged in rivalries nearly as competitive as the swimmers themselves, each backing a favourite which onl… Mehr

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  • ISBN: 978-1-906021-29-0
  • EAN: 9781906021290
  • Produktnummer: 23109679
  • Verlag: Short Books Ltd
  • Sprache: Englisch
  • Erscheinungsjahr: 2008
  • Seitenangabe: 384 S.
  • Masse: H22.5 cm x B14.6 cm x D3.6 cm 540 g
  • Gewicht: 540
  • Sonstiges: General (US: Trade)

Über den Autor


Gavin Mortimer was born in London and now lives in Montpellier in the south of France. He began writing full-time in 1996 and has contributed to a broad cross-section of publications, from Esquire to the BBC History Magazine and The Observer. His previous books on Lord Stirling's men and the Blitz were published in the UK.

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