Spese di spedizione:
EUR 2,44
In U.S.A.
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 30940789-n
Descrizione libro Soft Cover. Condizione: new. Codice articolo 9780349140391
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: new. Paperback. Winner of the MCC Book of the Year AwardHis father was a first-class cricketer, his grandfather was a slave.Born in rural Trinidad in 1901, Learie Constantine was the most dynamic all-round cricketer of his age (1928-1939) when he played Test cricket for the West Indies and club cricket for Nelson. Few who saw Constantine in action would ever forget the experience. As well as the cricketing genius that led to Constantine being described as 'the most original cricketer of his time', Connie illuminates the world that he grew up in, a place where the memories of slavery were still fresh and where a peculiar, almost obsessive, devotion to 'Englishness' created a society that was often more British than Britain itself. Harry Pearson looks too at the society Constantine came to in England, which he would embrace as much as it embraced him: the narrow working-class world of the industrial North during a time of grave economic depression. Connie reveals how a flamboyant showman from the West Indies actually dovetailed rather well in a place where local music-hall stars such as George Formby, Frank Randle and Gracie Fields were feted as heroes, and how Lancashire League cricket fitted into this world of popular entertainment.Connie tells an uplifting story about sport and prejudice, genius and human decency, and the unlikely cultural exchange between two very different places - the tropical island of Trinidad and the cloth-manufacturing towns of northern England - which shared the common language of cricket. A masterful biography of one of the biggest personalities in cricketing history, from the author of The Trundlers and Slipless in Settle. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Codice articolo 9780349140391
Descrizione libro paperback. Condizione: New. Language: ENG. Codice articolo 9780349140391
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 26375767240
Descrizione libro paperback. Condizione: New. . Codice articolo 52GZZZ02141A_ns
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. Codice articolo 370310935
Descrizione libro Paperback / softback. Condizione: New. New copy - Usually dispatched within 4 working days. A masterful biography of one of the biggest personalities in cricketing history, from the author of The Trundlers and Slipless in Settle. Codice articolo B9780349140391
Descrizione libro Paperback. Condizione: New. BRAND NEW ** SUPER FAST SHIPPING FROM UK WAREHOUSE ** 30 DAY MONEY BACK GUARANTEE. Codice articolo 9780349140391-GDR
Descrizione libro Condizione: New. In. Codice articolo ria9780349140391_new