A Last English Summer : by the author of 'The Great Romantic: cricket and the Golden Age of Neville Cardus'

Book Details:

• Author: Duncan Hamilton
• Published Date: 26 Jul 2016
• Publisher: Quercus Publishing
• Original Languages: English
• Book Format: Paperback::320 pages, ePub, Audio CD
• ISBN10: 0857381482
• Imprint: Riverrun
• Dimension: 130x 197x 28mm::356g
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Read online A Last English Summer : the author of 'The Great Romantic: cricket and the Golden Age of Neville Cardus'. In February that year, Sir Neville Cardus, whose romantic, not always factual writing in the old Manchester Guardian had shaped the way cricket-lovers thought about the game, died at the age of 86. Four months later, Clive Lloyd, then the captain of West Indies, scored a century of a brilliance that Cardus would have recognised against Australia s fearsome fast bowlers as his team won the Find helpful customer reviews and review ratings for The Great Romantic: Cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus at Read honest and unbiased product reviews from our users. Cricket and the golden age of Neville Cardus A Last English Summer. In the prologue to his book The Great Romantic: Cricket and the Golden Age of Neville Cardus, Hamilton sums up his subject s achievement as follows: He [Cardus] became the first newspaperman to look at a cricket match as a reviewer, wonderfully Neville Cardus (Safe Haven 14.99, 240 pp) The last days of summer may soon be upon us give or take an Ashes tour but, with these two beautiful books, the sky will always be silky blue About the Author. Sir Neville Cardus (1889-1975) was born in Manchester and became assistant cricket 'pro' at Shrewsbury School in his early twenties. He joined the Manchester Guardian in 1916 and his articles written under the name of 'Cricketer' made him famous throughout the country. Neville Cardus described how one majestic stroke-maker made music and spread beauty with his bat. 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