Love game : a history of tennis, from Victorian pastime to global phenomenon
Wilson, Elizabeth, 1936-2014
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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:
Imprint:
London : Serpent's Tail, 2014.
Collation:
viii, 342 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour) ; 23 cm
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9781846689109 (hbk)
Dewey class:
796.34209796.34209796.342796.342 WIL796.34209 WIL
Local class:
SPORT/TENNIS
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2199635