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W.G. Grace - In the Steps of a Legend (Paperback)
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W.G. Grace - In the Steps of a Legend (Paperback)
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The achievements of the great Victorian cricketer continue to
fascinate. Even a hundred years after his death he is still widely
written about, not least because his highly combative style of play
has such modern resonances. W.G. Grace: In the Steps of a Legend
offers a very special approach to the enigma that is W.G.: an
exploration that takes the reader on a series of journeys of
discovery. As places of particular significance to Grace and his
family are visited, so the story of this great sporting celebrity
steadily unfolds. Highlights include visits to W.G.'s wedding,
where the evangelical Graces wreak havoc in a West Brompton church;
Australia, seen afresh through the eyes of the newly married Mrs
Agnes Grace; a long-lost ground in Grimsby, where we meet the
forgotten twenty-two locals who fielded for three days while W.G.
scored 400; the County Ground, Bristol, where we hold in our hands
the very bat with which W.G. scored his hundredth 100; and The
Oval, where, in the first ever home Test Match, W.G. and two of his
brothers were representing England under the critical gaze of their
mother and uncle, the redoubtable Martha and Alfred. It is a highly
entertaining journey, bringing many fresh insights en route, as the
man behind the legend comes vividly into focus.
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