The Last Champion: The Life of Fred Perry - Couverture souple

Henderson, Jon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 022408254X ISBN 13 : 9780224082549

Editeur : Yellow Jersey, 2010

Synopsis

The William Hill longlisted biography of Britain's greatest tennis player.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jon Henderson has covered every Wimbledon since 1969. He was tennis correspondent and chief subeditor of the Observer from 1991 - 2009.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'The first clear-eyed account of an extraordinary life' Independent on Sunday

Wimbledon champion three times in the 1930s, Fred Perry is the finest tennis player that Britain has ever produced. Less well known is that Perry came from an unprivileged background and found himself - despite his supreme talent - an outsider in a sport that looked down on the advancement of the under-classes.

Not afraid to ruffle a few establishment feathers, Perry discarded his hallowed amateur status in 1936 and turned professional. He compounded this perceived sin by taking out US citizenship when the Second World War broke out. He embraced his new country wholeheartedly. From Hollywood to Florida, Perry led a scandalous private life, marrying four times and charming himself into the beds of numerous Hollywood starlets and beautiful models along the way.

The Last Champion is the first biography of Fred Perry. Through extensive research and revealing interviews, Jon Henderson, tennis correspondent of the Observer, brilliantly tells the remarkable story of this remarkable man.


'A compelling portrait of a great sportsman'
Mail on Sunday

'Enthralling'
Sunday Express

'A great story, far meatier than the average sporting biography'
Financial Times

'Easy flowing. Jon Henderson evokes the glamour of the sporting 1930s'
TLS

BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Yellow Jersey
• Date d'édition: 2010
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 022408254X
• ISBN 13: 9780224082549
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 320
• Coordonnées du fabricant: Penguin Random House Verlagsgruppe GmbH; kundenservice@penguinrandomhouse.de; ; Neumarkter Straße 28; München; Bayern; 81673; Allemagne