The Final Season - The Footballers Who Fought and Died in the Great War

Informationen zum Autor Nigel McCrery was educated at Trinity College Cambridge before being selected as part of the BBC graduate entry scheme. He joined BBC drama in 1992 and during his time there, created and wrote a number of prime time dramas including Born and Bred , Touching Evil , Back-up , Impact, Silent Witness and New Tricks . In addition to his television work Nigel has a long-standing interest in military history and has already written several books about the First World War. The most notable of these is All the King’s Men , the true story of George V’s own Sandringham Company which disappeared during the conflict. The book became a major BBC film starring David Jason and Maggie Smith and achieved the second biggest BBC drama audience of all time. Nigel has also written several Silent Witness novels and the Detective Mark Lapslie series. In 2013 he published Silent Witnesses : A History of Forensic Science with Random House Books. Klappentext A moving narrative history of the professional footballers who fought and died in World War I, with a foreword by Gary Lineker. In 1914, as today, successful footballers were heroes and role models. Zusammenfassung A moving narrative history of the professional footballers who fought and died in World War I, with a foreword by Gary Lineker. In 1914, as today, successful footballers were heroes and role models.

Product details

• Authors: Nigel Mccrery, McCrery Nigel
• Publisher: Arrow
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 18.06.2015
• EAN: 9780099594666
• ISBN: 978-0-09-959466-6
• No. of pages: 288
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Humanities, art, music > History > Regional and national histories; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; History, c 1910 to c 1919, Football (Soccer, Association football), Association football (Soccer), c 1914 to c 1918 (including WW1), HISTORY / Wars & Conflicts / World War II / General