Test of Time : Travels in Search of a Cricketing Legend - Hardcover

Lazenby, John

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0719566517 ISBN 13: 9780719566516

Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd, 2005

Synopsis

Book by Lazenby, John

About this title

About the Author

John Lazenby trained on local newspapers in Sussex before joining the Press Association in Fleet Street, where he covered rugby union and cricket. He has worked for national newspapers, including The Times and the Sunday Times, and currently works as a freelance for the Daily Telegraph. He lives in London.

Review

'Test of Time will be gold dust to cricket lovers, but it can reach a far wider audience' -- David Reynolds, author of Swan River 'A celebration of cricket, a unique personal history and an evocative portrait of a bygone era.' -- History Today 'All in all, a thoroughly enjoyable read and highly recommended.' -- 334NotOut.com 'He conveys the strange, but palpable excitement of research -- he drops in on a close-season Lord's, beautifully evoked as a great ship in dry dock' -- Times Literary Supplement 20050722 'A delightful and unusual book' -- Sydney Morning Herald 20050910 'A cracking story' -- The Wisden Cricketer 20051001 'Fascinating' -- Andrew Baker, Daily Telegraph 20051027 'Partly travelogue...and partly a lovingly detailed exhumation of cricket in JM Mason's day. The sense of period is excellent' - Alex Clark -- Observer 20060423 'Part travelogue, part personal history, all good.' -- GQ 20060501

Edition details

• Publisher: John Murray Publishers Ltd
• Publication date: 2005
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0719566517
• ISBN 13: 9780719566516
• Binding: Hardcover