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Then Came Massacre - Justin Parkinson - Bog - Pitch Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Then Came Massacre - Justin Parkinson - Bog - Pitch Publishing Ltd - Plusbog.dk

Sussex and England superstar Maurice Tate''s story is one of triumph and fame, controversy and tragedy. In the 1920s and 1930s, the all-rounder was the world''s most popular cricketer, famed for his brilliant bowling and broad smile - unlike his infamous cricketing father, whose costly error he more than repaid. In his day, Tate''s enormous feet were the subject of a music-hall song, his extra pace considered ''magical''; he''s now recognised as the first proper ''seam'' bowler. He took almost 2800 first-class wickets and thrilled crowds with rapid-fire sixes and centuries. But along the way he suffered a nervous breakdown at the Bodyline series, and threw beer over Douglas Jardine. After a bitter sacking by Sussex, he became a pub landlord and died in poverty. Recently voted Sussex''s greatest ever player, Tate doesn''t figure in any more widespread Hall of Fame. It''s time to remember this forgotten great of England cricket.

DKK 113.00
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The Odyssey - Homer - Bog - Wordsworth Editions Ltd - Plusbog.dk

The Odyssey - Homer - Bog - Wordsworth Editions Ltd - Plusbog.dk

With an Introduction and Notes by Adam Roberts, Royal Holloway, University of London. Homer''s great epic describes the many adventures of Odysseus, Greek warrior, as he strives over many years to return to his home island of Ithaca after the Trojan War. His colourful adventures, his endurance, his love for his wife and son have the same power to move and inspire readers today as they did in Archaic Greece, 2800 years ago. This poem has been translated many times over the years, but Chapman''s sinewy, gorgeous rendering (1616) stands in a class of its own. Chapman believed himself inspired by the spirit of Homer himself, and matches the breadth and power of the original with a complex and stunning idiom of his own. John Keats expressed his admiration for the resulting work in the famous sonnet, ''On first looking into Chapman''s Homer'': ''Much have I travelled in the realms of gold…'' This new Wordsworth edition of Chapman’s Homer contains accessible annotation, and a detailed introduction that places his masterpiece in the context of his own day, and discusses its influences on later poets.

DKK 79.00
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