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A Terrible Splendor audiobook
- By: Marshall Jon Fisher
- Category: Biography & Autobiography, Sports
- Length: 10 hours 53 minutes
- Publisher: Tantor Media, Inc
- Publish date: March 28, 2023
- Language: English
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A Terrible Splendor Audiobook Summary
The greatest tennis match ever played pitted the dominant Don Budge against the seductively handsome Baron Gottfried von Cramm. This deciding 1937 Davis Cup match, played on the hallowed grounds of Wimbledon, was a battle of titans: the world’s number one tennis player against the number two; America against Germany; democracy against fascism. For five superhuman sets, the duo’s brilliant shotmaking kept the Centre Court crowd-and the world-spellbound.
Against the backdrop of the Great Depression and the brink of World War II, one man played for the pride of his country while the other played for his life. Budge, the humble hard-working American, vied to keep the Davis Cup out of the hands of the Nazi regime. On the other side of the net, the immensely popular von Cramm fought Budge point for point knowing that a loss might precipitate his descent into the living hell being constructed behind barbed wire back home.
Set at a time when sports and politics were inextricably linked, A Terrible Splendor gives listeners a courtside seat on that fateful day, moving gracefully between the tennis match for the ages and the dramatic events leading into global war. A book like no other in its weaving of social significance and athletic spectacle, this soul-stirring account is ultimately a tribute to the strength of the human spirit.
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A Terrible Splendor Full Details
| Length | 10 hours 53 minutes |
| Author | Marshall Jon Fisher |
| Category | |
| Publisher | Tantor Media, Inc |
| Release date | March 28, 2023 |
| ISBN | 9798765082140 |
Subjects
The publisher of the A Terrible Splendor is Tantor Media, Inc. includes the following subjects: sports history, WWII era nonfiction, historical tennis players, Biography & Autobiography, Sports, History, Military, World War II, Sports & Recreation, Tennis The BISAC Subject Code is Biography & Autobiography, Sports
Additional info
The publisher of the A Terrible Splendor is Tantor Media, Inc. The imprint is Tantor Media, Inc. It is supplied by Tantor Media, Inc. The ISBN-13 is 9798765082140.
Global Availability
This book is only available in the United States.
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