Stephen Fay

Arlott, Swanton and the Soul of English Cricket

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WINNER OF THE TELEGRAPH CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019 'Beautifully written, meticulously researched and stuffed with rich sporting and social history ... Unputdownable' Mail on Sunday After the Second World War, as the BBC tightened its grip on the national consciousness, two of the most famous English voices were commentators on games of cricket. John Arlott and E.W. ('Jim') Swanton transformed the broadcasting of the nation's summer game into a national institution. Arlott and Swanton typified the contrasting aspects of post-war Britain. Because of their strong personalities and distinctive voices - Swanton's crisp and upper-class, A… Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Kynaston, David

ISBN: 978-1-4088-9537-5
EAN: 9781408895375
Produktnummer: 28041819
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2019
Seitenangabe: 400 S.
Masse: H19.8 cm x B12.8 cm x D3.0 cm 292 g
Abbildungen: 1 x 8 page colour insert
Gewicht: 292

Über den Autor

Stephen Fay has written extensively on finance, the theatre and cricket. His books include Tom Graveney at Lord's, and he is a former editor of Wisden Cricket Monthly. David Kynaston has written twenty books, including Austerity Britain, Family Britain and Modernity Britain. His most recent cricket book is WG's Birthday Party, an account of the historic 1898 Gentlemen v Players match at Lord's.