ASIN: B0081I8J7Y
Publisher: Amazon Digital Services LLC
Pages: 41
London 2012. The British capital becomes the first city ever to have hosted the Olympic Games three times. In this brilliant essay, John Bryant tells the story of London and the Olympic Games through three men. Lord Desborough, Lord Burghley and Lord Coe. They were the Lords of the Olympics - the men who made the Games happen, often against impossible odds. They were born simply William Grenfell, David Cecil and Sebastian Coe. But they were the founding fathers of Britain’s Olympic tradition – they became Lord Desborough, Lord Burghley and Lord Coe. All three of them brought the Olympics to London and each, in their own way, snatched triumph when the Games faced disaster and crisis.They were there when nobody wanted the Games. And they were there when everyone wants the Olympics.Lord Desborough, the perfect Edwardian sportsman - cricketer, sculler, fencer and huntsman – masterminded ...
