The Flying Prince: Alexander Obolensky: The Rugby Hero Who Died Too - The Sunday Times Rugby Book of the Year Winner 2022

As a 19yr old Prince Obolensky captured the nation's heart's. Now, finally, his story will be told.

About the author

Hugh Godwin is a sports journalist who is the rugby union correspondent of the i, a national daily newspaper in the UK. He has held that role since April 2016 and before that he had the same position with the Independent on Sunday for eight years. Overall, he has written on rugby and other sports for thirty years, reporting live from five Rugby World Cup finals, and he has interviewed every major rugby player and personality of the modern era. He is a regular broadcaster as a rugby analyst for BBC Radio London, and he is the secretary of the UK Rugby Union Writers' Club. In 2004 he wrote England: Rugby World Champions, a book celebrating England's 2003 World Cup success. This is his first biography.

Summary

As a 19yr old Prince Obolensky captured the nation's heart's. Now, finally, his story will be told.

Foreword

As a 19yr old Prince Obolensky captured the nation's heart's. Now, finally, his story will be told.

Additional text

'Expertly fills in the gaps . . . Now we have a biography his story deserves'

Product details

• Authors: Hugh Godwin, Godwin Hugh
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.09.2021
• EAN: 9781529372885
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-7288-5
• No. of pages: 336
• Dimensions: 160 mm x 238 mm x 38 mm
• Subjects: Guides > Sport > Ball sport; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Biographies, autobiographies; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Sports, SPORTS & RECREATION / Rugby, Rugby Union, Rugby football, Biography: sport, Biography and non-fiction prose