- Paperback: 130 pages
- Publisher: Pen Press Publishers (19 Jun 2007)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 1906206112
- ISBN-13: 978-1906206116
- Product Dimensions: 20.3 x 12.7 x 0.8 cm
- Average Customer Review: 1.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (3 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,273,827 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Back in the early 1970s a determined young blonde set up her own business that was to transform her life and add considerably to the prestige of Wimbledon, the world's most famous tennis tournament. Her name was Patricia Edwards and she has now written "Wimbledon Confidential", an account of more than 30 years of her professional involvement with the tournament that turns The Championships inside out. Most of today's tennis stars are so surrounded by minders that the public has little idea of what these sportsmen and women are really like. In "Wimbledon Confidential", published on June 19th 2007, Patricia Edwards provides a picture of their true personalities. She also talks about the stars of yesterday whom the public hold in great affection (often more so than when they were playing).The book also provides a warts-and-all insight into how one of the world's largest sports events is run. It will appeal to all those who love tennis, but also to the large numbers who follow the sport on a more casual, two-weeks-a-year basis. This is not a heavy-duty sports book that records matches won and lost. Nor is it a dull sportsman's autobiography. It contains many elements that make it widely appealing: gossip, intrigue, the class-ridden traditions of the All England Lawn Tennis Club, and even scandal. Englishness at its best and worst, nostalgia, sports superstars, and money.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
What a disappointment,
By PCM (Aberdeen, Scotland) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wimbledon Confidential (Paperback)
Thinner than expected, some poor grammar & some glaring errors - for example, Goran Ivanisevic's surname name spelt incorrectly, as is Gerry Williams' first name, Philadelphia spelt incorrectly - I could go on. Don't waste your money.
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Abysmal,
This review is from: Wimbledon Confidential (Paperback)
I myself was a driver at Wimbledon for dear old Pat for a couple of years, so I thought this might be interesting. This is a dreadful book, no more than pages and pages of name-dropping with no substance whatsoever - and I'm only half way through it. A friend lent me a copy, so thank God I didn't waste the money myself. Heaps of spelling errors, looks like it was published on the cheap.
1.0 out of 5 stars
Disappointing,
By Fred Doevils "Tennis Librarian" (Hilversum, The Netherlands) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Wimbledon Confidential (Paperback)
A very disappointing book. Did Patricia Edwards really think we were interested in her,or how many cars and drivers she used to transport all the players, members, press and guest. And if she liked somebody or not. I didn't expect a well written book, off course, but at least give us a few interesting anecdotes. I counted in total 3 nice anecdotes, which is off course far too little. In fact it was a kind of a hard struggle to finish this book(and it's only 122 pages).
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