The Last Amateurs: To Hell and Back with the Cambridge Boat Race Crew

Rond, Mark De

ISBN 10: 1848310455 / ISBN 13: 9781848310452

Edité par Icon,Totem Books, 2009

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Synopsis :

As the Cambridge University Boat Club prepared for the 2007 Boat Race, Mark de Rond - a Cambridge don and fellow of Darwin College - spent a year living the blood, sweat and tears of the 39 students risking all for a chance to challenge Oxford. "The Last Amateurs" is de Rond's intense and deeply personal account of freezing early-morning training sessions, booze-fueled crew 'formals', the tenderness of camaraderie, the pain of self-doubt, and the tantrums and testosterone of crew members, each set on becoming a Cambridge 'Blue'. So what does it take to row in a Boat Race? In this thrilling book, de Rond delves into the depths of what it means to be a man and the primeval desire to compete. Told chronologically and driven by the pursuit of the final victory, the result is a breathtaking portrait of a deeply historical race marked by sharp contrasts - and one in which every sports person will recognize at least a little of themselves.

À propos de l'auteur: Mark de Rond, described by the Financial Times as Cambridge's secret weapon for the Boat Race, is an Oxford-educated Cambridge don in his thirties. His work has featured in Time, the Economist, The Times, The Week, and on BBC Radio 4. Sir Steve Redgrave CBE is widely considered to be Britain's greatest Olympian, having won a gold medal in rowing at five consecutive Olympic Games from 1984 to 2000, as well as an additional bronze medal in 1988.

Détails bibliographiques

Titre : The Last Amateurs: To Hell and Back with the...
Éditeur : Icon,Totem Books
Date d'édition : 2009
Reliure : Couverture souple
Etat : good