Test of Time: Travels in Search of a Cricketing Legend - Tapa dura

Lazenby, John

 
9780719566516: Test of Time: Travels in Search of a Cricketing Legend
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ISBN 10: 0719566517 ISBN 13: 9780719566516
Editorial: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2005

Sinopsis

John Lazenby's interest in cricket began with a glimpse of his grandfather's old leather cricket bag stored among the rafters. His curiosity piqued, one day he decided to climb up and explore its contents. The faded blazer, heavy ball and linseed-scented bats exerted a subtle influence on him. This re-emerged decades later when he discovered a box of letters written by his grandfather, the England cricketer J. R. Mason, while on a boat to Australia for the 1897-8 Ashes tour. Inspired by these extraordinary letters, John Lazenby retraces the journey. His tour becomes a cricketing pilgrimage and a voyage of discovery as he passes through Australian cities and remote towns his grandfather visited more than a hundred years ago. During his travels he uncovers a wealth of memorabilia and anecdotes, and his wide-reaching narrative encompasses not only Mason and his team-mates, but also a wider insight into late Victorian mores.

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John Lazenby trained on local newspapers in Sussex before joining the Press Association in Fleet Street, where he covered rugby union and cricket. He has worked for national newspapers, including The Times and the Sunday Times, and currently works as a freelance for the Daily Telegraph. He lives in London.

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Editorial
John Murray Publishers Ltd
Año de publicación
2005
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0719566517
ISBN 13 
9780719566516
Encuadernación
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Número de páginas
256
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