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Informationen zum Autor Mark de Rond!described by the Financial Times as 'Cambridge's secret weaponfor the Boat Race'! is an Oxford-educated Cambridge don in histhirties. His work has featured in Time! the Economist! The Times!The Week! and on BBC Radio 4.Sir Steve Redgrave CBEis widely considered to be Britain's greatest Olympian! having wona gold medal in rowing at five consecutive Olympic Games from1984 to 2000! as well as an additional bronze medal in 1988. Klappentext As the Cambridge University Boat Club prepared for the 2007 Boat Race, Mark de Rond - a Cambridge don and fellow of Darwin College - spent a year libing the blood, sweat and tears of the 39 students risking all for a chance to challenge Oxford. The Last Amateurs is de Rond's intense and deeply personal account of freezing early-morning training sessions, booze-fuelled crew 'formals', the tenderness of camaraderie, the pain of self-doubt, and the tantrums and testosterone of crew members, each set on becoming a Cambridge 'Blue'. So what does it take to row in a Boat Race? In this thrilling book, de Rond delves into the depths of what it means to be a man and the primeval desire to compete. Told chronologically and driven by the pursuit of the final victory, the result is a breathtaking portrait of a deeply historical race marked by sharp contrasts - and one in which every sportsperson will recognise at least a little of themselves. Zusammenfassung So what does it take to row in a Boat Race? This book focuses on what it means to be a man and the primeval desire to compete.
