Test of Time Test of Time

Test of Time

    • $1.99
    • $1.99

Publisher Description

John Lazenby's interest in cricket began with a glimpse of his grandfather's old leather cricket bag stored among the rafters. His curiosity piqued, one day he decided to climb up and explore its contents. The faded blazer, heavy ball and linseed-scented bats exerted a subtle influence on him. This re-emerged decades later when he discovered a box of letters written by his grandfather, the England cricketer J. R. Mason, while on a boat to Australia for the 1897-8 Ashes tour.

Inspired by these extraordinary letters, John Lazenby retraces the journey. His tour becomes a cricketing pilgrimage and a voyage of discovery as he passes through Australian cities and remote towns his grandfather visited more than a hundred years ago. During his travels he uncovers a wealth of memorabilia and anecdotes, and his wide-reaching narrative encompasses not only Mason and his team-mates, but also a wider insight into late Victorian mores.

GENRE
Biographies & Memoirs
RELEASED
2015
September 24
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
256
Pages
PUBLISHER
John Murray Press
SELLER
Hachette Digital, Inc.
SIZE
1.8
MB
Keeper of Style Keeper of Style
2019
Bowler's Name? Bowler's Name?
2021
Test of Character Test of Character
2016
It's Raining Bats and Pads It's Raining Bats and Pads
2022
Living on the Deadline Living on the Deadline
2014
Butch Wilkins and the Sundance Kid Butch Wilkins and the Sundance Kid
2018
The First Punic War The First Punic War
2016
Edging Towards Darkness Edging Towards Darkness
2017
Wojna Peloponeska. Historia militarna Wojna Peloponeska. Historia militarna
2019
The Strangers Who Came Home The Strangers Who Came Home
2015
Wojna Hannibala. Historia militarna drugiej wojny punickiej Wojna Hannibala. Historia militarna drugiej wojny punickiej
2015
Pierwsza wojna punicka. Historia militarna Pierwsza wojna punicka. Historia militarna
2012