A fascinating account of how two BBC broadcasters battled for the soul of English cricket during a time of great social change
David Kynaston was born in Aldershot in 1951. He has written
nineteen books, including The City of London, a widely acclaimed
four-volume history, and WG's Birthday Party, an account of the
Gentleman v. Players match at Lord's in July 1898. He is the author
of Austerity Britain, 1945–51, Family Britain, 1951–57 and
Modernity Britain, 1957-1959. He is currently a visiting professor
at Kingston University.
Stephen Fay is an author and journalist who has written extensively
on finance, the theatre and cricket (including a book on the
legendary England batsman Tom Graveney). His wrote for the Sunday
Times for twenty years and is a former editor of Wisden Cricket
Monthly.
The most entertaining historian alive
*Spectator*
One of the great chroniclers of our modern story ... Every
paragraph contains some glittering nugget
*Sunday Times*
A historian of peerless sensitivity and curiosity about the lives
of individuals
*Financial Times*
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