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"If you buy only one racing book buy this one. Or tell the person who loves you most it's what you want. You won't regret it." --Irish Field, September 25, 2010
"From the glory days to the bitter end, this is an epic story that is well worth every penny of the £25.00 cover price." --Racing Post, September 23, 2010
"It is a superb work. The mix of deeply researched fact and informed comment by this talented author make this an unmissable read." --Sporting Press, November 6, 2010 Sporting Press, November 6, 2010
"It's one of the most remarkable racing books I've read ... a wonderful story. The message is simple. Read it." --sportinglife.com, October 21, 2010
Lambie's Life story is essential reading."
--The Sun, September 25, 2010
"From the glory days to the bitter end, this is an epic story that is well worth every penny of the £25.00 cover price." --Racing Post, September 23, 2010
"It is a superb work. The mix of deeply researched fact and informed comment by this talented author make this an unmissable read." --Sporting Press, November 6, 2010 Sporting Press, November 6, 2010
"It's one of the most remarkable racing books I've read ... a wonderful story. The message is simple. Read it." --sportinglife.com, October 21, 2010
Lambie's Life story is essential reading."
--The Sun, September 25, 2010
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The intriguing story and turbulent history of a paper Charles Dickens praised for its 'range of information and profundity of knowledge', and which Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, simply endorsed with the remark: 'Of course I read The Sporting Life'. It was the Queen Mother's love of horseracing that made her such an avid reader of the Life and coverage of that sport forms the core of this book, but there is so much more to fascinate the reader including eyewitness accounts of the first fight for the heavyweight championship of the world and Captain Webb's heroic Channel swim of 1875. Highlights in the history of cricket, football and rugby are also featured, while chapters on coursing and greyhound racing rank alongside surreal reports on ratting contests and songbird singing competitions. And for 30 years Tommy Wisdom made his motoring reports unique by competing against the best at Brooklands, Le Mans and in many Monte Carlo rallies, while Henry Longhurst's golfing column was simply the best. The paper's strident campaigns for racing reforms are also chronicled along with its coverage of major news stories, from Fred Archer's shocking suicide to its own untimely demise. Its travails in the law courts are documented from its first year, when it was forced to change its title, to its last, when it had to pay libel damages to the training team of Lynda and Jack Ramsden and their jockey, Kieren Fallon. A higher price was paid by its French correspondent who was killed in a duel over an article he had written, while the terrible toll the First World War took on the nation's sporting heroes is catalogued by the Life's embedded army correspondent, against a background of political bungling that is being repeated today.
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9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Biographies of sportsmen are commonplace but this history of a sporting legend is unique. For close on 140 years The Sporting Life newspaper brought the vivid world of sport to the breakfast table. Indeed, it has been reported that the 'Life' was the first newspaper read each morning by the late Queen Mother.
James Lambie, who was a long-serving member of the staff of The Sporting Life at its demise, has researched his material diligently. From scandals in the nineteenth century right up to its famous (or infamous) Top Cees court case in 1998, the stories are brought out with a sure but light touch.
This is a book that anyone with a genuine feeling for sport will enjoy - and what a refreshing change from the volumes that concentrate on the size of Gerrard's house, Rooney's bank balance and Terry's other endowments.
James Lambie, who was a long-serving member of the staff of The Sporting Life at its demise, has researched his material diligently. From scandals in the nineteenth century right up to its famous (or infamous) Top Cees court case in 1998, the stories are brought out with a sure but light touch.
This is a book that anyone with a genuine feeling for sport will enjoy - and what a refreshing change from the volumes that concentrate on the size of Gerrard's house, Rooney's bank balance and Terry's other endowments.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
Bought this for both husband and brother-in-law. Both big on football and horse racing. Best part of Christmas for them....they love it and have been reading over and over
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
For those interested in the history of the Sporting Life, this is an awesome tome. A hard back book, goes into infintesimal detail, of the characters who were responsible for setting up ther newspaper, the lifestyle and the idiosyncracies of the people in the days long, long ago. I got this for half the shop price and free delivery too! Very satisfied with the service of Amazon.
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Those were the days my friend, we thought they'd never end
This book covers the entire period of the Sporting Life's existence from 1859 to 1998, plus its attempted revival that was eventually called off in 1999. Read more
Published 7 months ago by Peter Durward Harris
sad the life went
superb book, the sporting life was a great paper and to have this history of its life is great - i am constantly reading some of the stories and there are some great characters in... Read more
Published 7 months ago by derekofm
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