Two Brothers - Couverture souple

Wilson, Jonathan

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0349144826 ISBN 13 : 9780349144825

Editeur : Abacus, 2023

Synopsis

The story of Jack and Bobby Charlton, and a family that characterised English football for decades

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Jonathan Wilson is the editor of the Blizzard and a freelance writer for the Guardian, World Soccer and Sports Illustrated. He is the author of eleven books, including Inverting the Pyramid: The History of Football Tactics, Behind the Curtain: Football in Eastern Europe, Angels with Dirty Faces: The Footballing History of Argentina, The Barcelona Legacy and The Names Heard Long Ago.

À propos de la quatrième de couverture

'A powerful chronicle of the transformation of English football and society through the prism of two very different characters' Irish Times

Jack was open, charismatic, selfish and pig-headed; Bobby was guarded, shy, polite and reserved to the point of reclusiveness. Jack was a gangling central defender who developed a profound tactical intelligence; Bobby an athletic attacking midfielder who disdained systems. Yet the Charlton brothers both enjoyed great success as football players and together, for England, they won the World Cup.

Two Brothers is both the story of the most famous football players of their generation and an account late twentieth-century English football: the tensions between flair and industry, between individuality and the collective, between right and left, between middle- and working-classes, between exile and home.

'Wilson is meticulous in providing all manner of nuggets' Sports Books of the Year, The Times

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Abacus
• Date d'édition: 2023
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0349144826
• ISBN 13: 9780349144825
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 384
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
• Personne responsable: non disponible