Four Lions: The Lives and Times of Four Captains of England
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| Rating | : | 4.11 (686 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1784082732 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2015-08-21 |
| Language | : | English |
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Colin does a great job and portraying each of the four captains Katarina Ortmann Very timely, since the Euro is currently in progress. And a must read if you are unfortunate enough to be an England fan ;o)This book was captivating. I had never thought about a correlation of a national squad captain and the sign of the times. Colin does a great job and portraying each of the four captains, and showing how the character of the na
. Colin Shindler is a social and cultural historian, lecturing at Cambridge University. Among the dozen books he has written are the bestselling memoir Manchester United Ruined My Life and National Service, a social history of conscription 1946-62
In England, more than any other nation, the man with the captain’s armband has symbolic significance: he embodies the nation. Four Lions explores the changing landscape of postwar England through the careers of four iconic England soccer captains: Billy Wright, Bobby Moore, Gary Lineker, and David Beckham. And these four lions embody half a century of change: Wright smoked a pipe and had a side parting; Moore, hero of ’66, exuded the cool of his era but never found a role beyond soccer; the savvy, telegenic Lineker hung up his boots to become the face of BBC soccer; while in the tattooed body of Beckh
. 'Imaginatively chronicles English footballing history via the life, career and times of four England captains' Philosophy Football. 'Well-written narrative an efficiently put-together chronology of English football's transformation into what it is today' All About History