1923: The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession

1923

The Mystery of Lot 212 and a Tour de France Obsession
 
Publisher: Bloomsbury Sport
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Number of Volumes: Hardback
 
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ISBN13:9781399401548
ISBN10:1399401548
Binding:Hardback
No. of pages:288 pages
Size:234x153 mm
Language:English
Illustrations: Black and white images
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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