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More Than A Game, John Major, 1st Edition Signed

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More Than A Game, John Major, 1st Edition Signed

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Throughout John Major's life, his love of cricket has been a constant source of enjoyment, anguish and solace. Now he delves deep into the game's history, tracing its rustic origins and social role from the days of the great patrons to the death of W.G. Grace. The former Prime Minister examines the early history of one of the great loves of his life in a book that sheds new light on the summer game's social origins. All his life John Major has loved cricket. In More Than a Game he examines it from its origins up to the coming of the First World War. Along the way he considers the crucial role of the wealthy patrons who gambled huge sums on early matches; the truth behind the legends that have grown up around the famous Hambledon Club; changes in rules and techniques, including the transition from underarm to overarm bowling; the long-standing, but often blurred, distinction between 'gentlemen' and 'players'; the coming of the MCC and its role as the supreme arbiter of the game; the spread of cricket throughout the British Empire; and the emergence of the county game and international competition. It is a story rich in anecdote and colourful characters. Many of the great names from the 'Golden Age' of cricket - C.B. Fry, Ranjitsinhji, 'Demon' Spofforth and of course the towering figure of W.G. Grace - are still well-known today. But long before then the game already had its stars: men like the Kentish innkeeper's son 'Lumpy' Stevens, who played at the highest level until he was nearly sixty; 'Silver Billy' Beldham, who was taught how to play by a gingerbread baker; the notoriously avaricious and ill-tempered Lord Frederic Beauclerk, a direct descendant of Charles II and Nell Gwynne; and the mighty 'Lion of Kent' Alfred Mynn. Signed by John Major

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Betjeman - Complete Collection (Boxset) [dvd]

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Betjeman - Complete Collection (Boxset) [dvd]

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Four-volume box set featuring the late Poet Laureate, John Betjeman. 'Betjeman Revisited' features six television programmes from 1962, each eulogizing the buildings of a different town. Three retain the original soundtrack, whilst Nigel Hawthorne narrates on the others, drawing from Betjeman's original script. The areas looked at are: 'Swindon and North Lew'; 'Chippenham and Crewkerne'; 'Devizes'; 'Sherborne'; 'Sidmouth'; and 'Bath'. 'The Lost Betjemans' features rare programmes made by Betjeman between 1962 and 1964: 'Weston-Super-Mare'; 'Bath'; 'Malmesbury'; 'Marlborough'; 'Bristol My Home'; and 'Clevedon'. In 'Betjeman's London', entertainment writer and John Betjeman addict Peter Gammond presents this guide to the late Poet Laureate's home town of London. Betjeman was born in Kentish Town, and later lived in Highgate and Chelsea; he loved the city's architecture, railway stations, theatres and pubs, and all his favourite haunts are revisited here. 'Betjeman's Britain' traces Betjeman's footsteps through his favourite haunts in Norfolk, North Cornwall and London.

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