Games
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.
From the ancient Greeks to today’s festival of sponsors – this is the definitive sporting, social and political history of the Olympic Games.
''An excellent, pacy, anecdote-studded history of the modern Games'' – The Times
The Olympic Games have become the greatest show on earth. But how was such a ritual invented? Why did it prosper and how ...
Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award.
From the ancient Greeks to today’s festival of sponsors – this is the definitive sporting, social and political history of the Olympic Games.
''An excellent, pacy, anecdote-studded history of the modern Games'' – The Times
The Olympic Games have become the greatest show on earth. But how was such a ritual invented? Why did it prosper and how ...
