Boxing Babylon : Behind the Shadowy World of the Prize Ring
Collins, Nigel
ISBN 10: 0806511834 ISBN 13: 9780806511832
Published by Carol Publishing Group, 1990
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Synopsis:
Chronicles the lives and careers of professional boxers, contrasting their success in the ring with their frequently tragic personal lives, arguing that boxing is a mirror reflecting the noble and dark sides of the human soul
About the Author: Charles-Pierre Baudelaire was born in Paris in 1821. His first publication was Le Salon de 1845, and he earned renown as an art critic and as a translator of Edgar Allan Poe. As a poet, his fame rests on Les Fleurs du mal. The collection was published in 1857, and certain poems were condemned as an offence against public morals; the book is now considered one of the masterpieces of nineteenth-century French literature. Baudelaire went to Brussels, where he hoped to earn money by lecturing; but his hopes foundered, his health gave way, and he was taken back to Paris, where he died in 1867.
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Bibliographic Details
Title: Boxing Babylon : Behind the Shadowy World of...
Publisher: Carol Publishing Group
Publication Date: 1990
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good