Olympic Follies: The Madness and Mayhem of the 1908 London Games: A Cautionary Tale by Graeme Kent

Olympic Follies: The Madness and Mayhem of the 1908 London Games: A Cautionary Tale

Graeme Kent

234 pages first pub 2008 (editions)

nonfiction history sports emotional informative slow-paced
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The London Olympics of 1908 was intended to reveal Britain and its empire at its zenith. Before the games had ended, almost everything that could go wrong had, and the organizers were universally condemned. The games opened in the pouring rain, wh...

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