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The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman

By Harry Pearson

The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman Politics & History

The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman

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A journey through the wild madness of bicycle racing in Flanders. LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2019 'A joy.' - Ned Boulting Every nation shapes sport to test the character traits it most admires. In The Beast, the Emperor and the Milkman, committed Belgophile and road cycling obsessive Harry Pearson takes you on a journey across Flanders, through the lumpy horizontal rain, up the elbow juddering cobbled inclines, past the fans dressed as chickens and the shop window displays of constipation medicines, as he follows races big, small and even smaller through one glorious, muddy spring. Ranging over 500 years of Flemish and European history, across windswept polders, along back roads and through an awful lot of beer cafes, Pearson examines the characters, the myths and rivalries that make Flanders a place where cycling is a religion and the riders its lycra-clad priests.
Product details
Binding:
Paperback
Number of Pages:
272
Release Date:
2019-12-26
Publication Date:
2019-12-26
Publisher:
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Languages:
Original: English
ISBN10:
1472945069
ISBN13:
9781472945068
GPSR Manufacturer Reference:
[email protected]
Weight:
252 g
Height:
128 cm
Width:
198 cm
Thickness:
22 cm
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