In 1857 Everard Digby, an extrovert Cambridge scholar, published
the first scientific treatise on swimming - and one of the first on
any modern sport. Six months later he was expelled from his
college, and died in obscurity as a country parson. Nicholas Orme
rehabilitates Digby as a great pioneer of the history of sport.
The book opens with a detailed history of swimming in Britain
from the Romans to the sixteenth century, which is followed by an
account of Digby's life and work and its impact on swimming down to
the eighteenth century.
The book also includes the first modern edition of Digby's
treatise, in the English version of 1595, with the 43 original
illustrations.
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