Pedalare! Pedalare! - Softcover

John Foot

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1408822199 ISBN 13: 9781408822197

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC, 2012

Synopsis

Cycling was a sport so important in Italy that it marked a generation, sparked fears of civil war, changed the way Italian was spoken, led to legal reform and even prompted the Pope himself to praise a cyclist, by name, from his balcony in St Peter's in Rome. 'Pedalare! Pedalare!' tells the history of Italian cycling.

About this title

About the Author:

John Foot is Professor of Modern Italian History in the Department of Italian, University College London. He has published many books both in Italy and in the UK and lives in London.

Review:

If you read only one sporting book this year, make it Pedalare! Pedalare! ... Absorbing, compelling and brilliant * Evening Standard * Sparkling ... alive with terrific characters ... The key to [Foot's] success lies with the larger-than-life characters who people these pages * Spectator * The first general account in English of the second biking culture ... As this year's Giro d'Italia hopefuls head out over a dramatic parcours, the ghosts Foot evokes will stir once more * Independent on Sunday * An expert on sport, but more importantly on Italian culture, history and society, [John Foot] has now turned his eye to cycling ... If you want to understand Italian cycling, read this book ... Fascinating * Cycle Sport * More than just a pacy account of races and rivalries, this erudite and absorbing history of Italian cycling over the past century situates the sport in war, scandal and politics * Daily Telegraph * This story of Italy's national sport - cycling - is related in this sparkling history, featuring a cast of eccentric characters * Observer *

About this edition

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1408822199
• ISBN 13: 9781408822197
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 384