Love game : a history of tennis, from Victorian pastime to global phenomenon
Wilson, Elizabeth, 1936-2015
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'Love Game' tells the story of tennis' journey from upper-middle-class hobby to global TV spectacle, taking in the innovators and trendsetters, the great players, heroes and iconoclasts, and the politics, class wars and culture clashes of what could rightfully be called the 'beautiful game'.
Main title:
Love game : a history of tennis, from Victorian pastime to global phenomenon / Elizabeth Wilson.
Author:
Wilson, Elizabeth, 1936-, author
Imprint:
London : Serpent's Tail, 2015.
Collation:
viii, 342 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 20 cm
Notes:
Originally published: 2014.Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846689116 (pbk)
Dewey class:
796.34209796.342796.3420
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
1828192
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