| Author: | Charles Williams | ISBN: | 9781780225487 |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group | Publication: | July 11, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson | Language: | English |
| Author: | Charles Williams |
| ISBN: | 9781780225487 |
| Publisher: | Orion Publishing Group |
| Publication: | July 11, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Language: | English |
A masterly portrait of cricket's supreme batsman and Australia's greatest hero.
Uniquely among biographers of Don Bradman, Charles Williams sets his subject's cricketing achievements within the context of a crucial period in the history of modern Australia, a time when, as the country felt her way towards something that the world would recognise as 'nationhood', Bradman became a focus for national aspirations, a figure of unique status.
Brilliantly revealing the phenomenon of Bradman's cricketing genius - and the tensions that genius created for the man, his family, team-mates and the game's administrators - Williams' story is as much about Australia as it is a great Australian.
A masterly portrait of cricket's supreme batsman and Australia's greatest hero.
Uniquely among biographers of Don Bradman, Charles Williams sets his subject's cricketing achievements within the context of a crucial period in the history of modern Australia, a time when, as the country felt her way towards something that the world would recognise as 'nationhood', Bradman became a focus for national aspirations, a figure of unique status.
Brilliantly revealing the phenomenon of Bradman's cricketing genius - and the tensions that genius created for the man, his family, team-mates and the game's administrators - Williams' story is as much about Australia as it is a great Australian.
