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The Perfect Man - The Muscular Life and Times of Eugen Sandow, Victorian Strongman (Paperback, New)
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The Perfect Man - The Muscular Life and Times of Eugen Sandow, Victorian Strongman (Paperback, New)
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Discovery Miles 5 310
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Eugen Sandow (1867-1925) was a Victorian strongman who was
colossally famous in his day and possessed what was deemed to be
the most perfect male body. He rose from obscurity in Prussia to
become a music-hall sensation in late Victorian London, going on to
great success as a performer in North America and throughout the
British Empire. He was a friend to King Edward VII and was
appointed Professor of Physical Culture to King George V. His
physical culture system was adopted by hundreds of thousands around
the world. He lost his fortune at the time of the First World War
and he ended up being buried in an unmarked grave in Putney Vale
Cemetery. There is lively interest in him on the web where his
dumbells or chest-extenders sell for hundreds of pounds and an
autographed photograph for thousands. Written with humour and
insight into the popular culture of late Victorian England,
Waller's book argues that Sandow deserves to be resurrected as a
significant cultural figure whose life, like that of Oscar Wilde,
tells us a great deal about sexuality and celebrity at the fin de
siecle.
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