Cricketing Caesar: A Biography of Mike Brearley - Couverture rigide

Peel, Mark

 
9781785316623: Cricketing Caesar: A Biography of Mike Brearley
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ISBN 10 : 1785316621 ISBN 13 : 9781785316623
Editeur : Pitch Publishing Ltd, 2020

Synopsis

**Longlisted for the Cricket Writers' Club Book of the Year**

"Empathetic and diligent... Peel is particularly good on Horace, Brearley's influential father, and on his struggles with the bat in Test matches." --Wisden Cricket Monthly

Mike Brearley was one of England's greatest cricket captains. He thrice won the Ashes, including the unforgettable series of 1981, when his leadership helped England to snatch victory from defeat. Yet there was nothing inevitable about his rise. A spell out of the game in his mid-20s stymied his progress and when he returned full-time to captain Middlesex, his innovative approach found little favour with the old guard. In this first-ever biography of Brearley, award-winning cricket writer Mark Peel reveals how Brearley overcame his critics to lead Middlesex to four county championships and two Gillette Cup wins. His rise to the England captaincy was fast, but his unrivalled leadership skills contrasted with his repeated failures with the bat. Away from cricket, Brearley possessed a range of cultural interests along with a sharp intellect, which saw him achieve eminence as a psychoanalyst. Drawing on interviews with friends and team-mates, Peel assesses the many facets of this complex man to explain his phenomenal success as a leader.

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À propos de l?auteur

Mark Peel has written 12 books including England Expects: A Biography of Ken Barrington (winner of the 1993 Cricket Society Literary Award), The Last Roman: A Biography of Colin Cowdrey, Ambassadors of Goodwill: MCC Tours 1946/47-1970/71 (shortlisted for the MCC/Cricket Society Book of the Year 2018) and Playing the Game?: Cricket's Tarnished Ideals from Bodyline to the Present (shortlisted for the Daily Telegraph Cricket Book of the Year 2018).

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Éditeur
Pitch Publishing Ltd
Date d'édition
2020
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
1785316621
ISBN 13 
9781785316623
Reliure
Relié
Numéro d'édition
1
Nombre de pages
320
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Personne responsable
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