1923
The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
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Product details:
- Publisher Bloomsbury Sport
- Date of Publication 22 June 2023
- Number of Volumes Hardback
- ISBN 9781399401548
- Binding Hardback
- No. of pages288 pages
- Size 234x153 mm
- Language English
- Illustrations Black and white images 0
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Long description:
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023: SPORT
LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023
'An absorbing mix of historical sleuthing and travel writing'
The Telegraph
'[a] fascinating and often touching book. Wonderful'
The Times
The story of an obsession. When cycling commentator Ned Boulting bought a length of Pathé news film featuring a stage of the Tour de France from 1923 he set about learning everything he could about it - taking him on an intriguing journey that encompasses travelogue, history and detective story.
In the autumn of 2020 Ned Boulting (ITV head cycling commentator and Tour de France obsessive) bought a length of Pathé news film from a London auction house. All he knew was it was film from the Tour de France, a long time ago. Once restored it became clear it was a short sequence of shots from stage 4 of the 1923 Tour de France. No longer than 2.5 minutes long, it featured half a dozen sequences, including a lone rider crossing a bridge.
Ned set about learning everything he could about the sequence - studying each frame, face and building - until he had squeezed the meaning from it. It sets him off in fascinating directions, encompassing travelogue, history, mystery story - to explain, to go deeper into this moment in time, captured on his little film.
Join him as he explores the history of cycling and France just five years after WWI.
Table of Contents:
1. Looking
2. Falling
3. Moving
Postscript
Further Reading
Index
1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
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