Bill Edrich
Autor Leo Mckinstryen Limba Engleză Hardback – 3 dec 2024
'Brilliant' - Daily Express
'A must-read' - Financial Times
'A wonderful book' - Henry Blofeld
'Exquisite' - The Sun
CRICKET LEGEND. WAR HERO. FOOTBALLER. WILD MAN. BILL EDRICH'S STORY IS ONE OF CRICKET VICTORIES, EXPLOSIVE CONTROVERSIES, WARTIME GLORY AND A LIFE LIVED TO THE FULLEST.
571 first-class matches from 1934 to 1958. 36,965 runs. 29th on all-time lists. 86 centuries. 479 wickets. Bill Edrich was one of the biggest cricket stars of his time along with Denis Compton and Len Hutton. He was a Wisden Cricketer of the Year in 1940 and played football for Norwich City and Tottenham Hotspur during the 1930s.
In the first biography for 30 years, award-winning writer Leo McKinstry recounts Edrich's audacity both as a cricketer and an RAF pilot. Edrich's flying prowess brought him a promotion to Squadron Leader and won him the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC) after his part in a courageous daylight raid over Cologne in August 1941.
The same action-filled intensity applied to his turbulent private life. A man of keen amorous enthusiasms, he was married five times but rarely allowed his ardour to be inhibited by any wedding vows. Equally unrestrained was his fondness for alcohol and partying, though this trait brought him into conflict with both the cricket and the judicial authorities. After one particularly exuberant display of intoxication during a home Test match, he even lost his place in the England team, only to return for the famous Ashes triumph of 1953.
A history of cricket victories, explosive controversies, wartime glory and a life lived to the fullest, this compelling biography reveals the story of one of cricketing's greatest characters.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781399407847
ISBN-10: 1399407848
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: Black and white plate section
Dimensiuni: 162 x 236 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
ISBN-10: 1399407848
Pagini: 272
Ilustrații: Black and white plate section
Dimensiuni: 162 x 236 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.48 kg
Editura: Bloomsbury USA
Locul publicării:London, United Kingdom
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Cuprins
Introduction
1. Crossing the Rope: 1932-1934
2. All-rounder: 1934-1937
3. Testing Times: 1938-1939
4. The Shadow of War: 1939-1941
5. Combat Operations: 1941-1945
6. Victory: 1945-1947
7. Triumph and Collapse: 1947-1948
8. Legendary Charm: 1948-1950
9. Test Exile: 1951-1953
10. Trials and Tribulations: 1954-1958
11. On the Defensive: 1959-1963
12. Fading Light: 1963-1971
13. Close of Play: 1971-1986
Bill Edrich's Statistics
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
1. Crossing the Rope: 1932-1934
2. All-rounder: 1934-1937
3. Testing Times: 1938-1939
4. The Shadow of War: 1939-1941
5. Combat Operations: 1941-1945
6. Victory: 1945-1947
7. Triumph and Collapse: 1947-1948
8. Legendary Charm: 1948-1950
9. Test Exile: 1951-1953
10. Trials and Tribulations: 1954-1958
11. On the Defensive: 1959-1963
12. Fading Light: 1963-1971
13. Close of Play: 1971-1986
Bill Edrich's Statistics
Acknowledgements
Bibliography
Index
Recenzii
A fascinating story ... Great research, beautifully written and I loved it.
Bill Edrich shines through these pages ... a wonderful book that needed to be written.
It's Bill Edrich to a T. An excellent book, no doubt about that.
What an extraordinary life. What an extraordinary man. In Leo McKinstry, Edrich has the biographer his remarkable story deserves.
A triumph. Leo McKinstry superbly draws together the many strands of a fascinating but flawed figure.
McKinstry's biography will fascinate cricket lovers.
this is a must-get
Entertaining. McKinstry is a sporting and political biographer highly attuned to historical atmosphere ... Edrich is proof that greatness in sport and life are very different things.
This meticulously researched biography reveals the man behind the controversy in glorious detail. An exquisite read.
An eye-popping biography.
I was fascinated by this colourful life lived at breakneck speed in colourful times ... it's a page-turner!
Brilliant
An entertaining and deftly told account of a popular, but wayward, flawed character.
a subtle writer with a deep understanding of the era in which [Edrich] lived
This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to his hat.
a lively read
Forget Andrew Flintoff's tipsy excursion on a pedalo, or Kevin Pietersen's disloyal text messages. Bill Edrich puts them all in the shade.
Written in a pacy style, the author takes us through the highs and lows of a multi-faceted and colourful life of an RAF hero and England cricketing great. An entertaining read.
written in a pacey style ... An entertaining read.
[a] must-read. a well-researched account of a remarkable life.
A lively record of Edrich's life. ideal Christmas present.
[one] of the very best cricket books of the year
Top Book of 2024
[a] perceptive commentary on how cricket and Edrich's career and status reflected the social norms of wider society. . McKinstry also handles Edrich's wartime career and its likely impact on his behaviour and personality with sensitivity . The picture of Edrich that emerges from McKinstry's well-written and engaging biography is of man of mercurial and exuberant temperament who was indomitable when at the crease.
Bill Edrich shines through these pages ... a wonderful book that needed to be written.
It's Bill Edrich to a T. An excellent book, no doubt about that.
What an extraordinary life. What an extraordinary man. In Leo McKinstry, Edrich has the biographer his remarkable story deserves.
A triumph. Leo McKinstry superbly draws together the many strands of a fascinating but flawed figure.
McKinstry's biography will fascinate cricket lovers.
this is a must-get
Entertaining. McKinstry is a sporting and political biographer highly attuned to historical atmosphere ... Edrich is proof that greatness in sport and life are very different things.
This meticulously researched biography reveals the man behind the controversy in glorious detail. An exquisite read.
An eye-popping biography.
I was fascinated by this colourful life lived at breakneck speed in colourful times ... it's a page-turner!
Brilliant
An entertaining and deftly told account of a popular, but wayward, flawed character.
a subtle writer with a deep understanding of the era in which [Edrich] lived
This portrait of a gifted and not particularly pleasant man adds another feather to his hat.
a lively read
Forget Andrew Flintoff's tipsy excursion on a pedalo, or Kevin Pietersen's disloyal text messages. Bill Edrich puts them all in the shade.
Written in a pacy style, the author takes us through the highs and lows of a multi-faceted and colourful life of an RAF hero and England cricketing great. An entertaining read.
written in a pacey style ... An entertaining read.
[a] must-read. a well-researched account of a remarkable life.
A lively record of Edrich's life. ideal Christmas present.
[one] of the very best cricket books of the year
Top Book of 2024
[a] perceptive commentary on how cricket and Edrich's career and status reflected the social norms of wider society. . McKinstry also handles Edrich's wartime career and its likely impact on his behaviour and personality with sensitivity . The picture of Edrich that emerges from McKinstry's well-written and engaging biography is of man of mercurial and exuberant temperament who was indomitable when at the crease.