Barca-A Peoples Passion - Hardcover

Burns

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0747541957 ISBN 13: 9780747541950

Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd, 1999

Synopsis

Founded in 1898, FC Barcelona, also know as Barca, is today the world's biggest football club. Its 120,000-seat stadium, Camp Nuo, is one of the great cathedrals of the game, and its museum is the most visited in Spain. This is the story of FC Barcelona and its evolution as a social and political phenomenon.

About this title

About the Author:

Jimmy Burns is social affairs and employment correspondent at the FINANCIAL TIMES. His previous books are The Land That Lost Its Heroes, winner of the Somerset Maugham prize for non-fiction; Beyond the Silver River; Spain: A Literary Companion; and the internationally acclaimed Hand of God: The Life of Diego Maradona.

Review:

'Excellent...A densely detailed account of the history of F. C. Barcelona ... Coincides with Barcelona's 100th anniversary but it is not in the least pious' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'Burns' examination of the club's fates and fortunes always goes well beyond the game itself...Burns is a brilliant journalist...Unmissable' TOTAL FOOTBALL

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Pub Ltd
• Publication date: 1999
• ISBN 10: 0747541957
• ISBN 13: 9780747541950
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 377